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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the 'night lunch' mentioned in Chapter 11?
(a) McFarlane's nickname for a brief flirtation.
(b) The first meal upon the Rolvaag.
(c) A routine snack sailors partake in.
(d) A celebrated meal when a ship crosses the date line.

2. According to Amira in Chapter 41, what is the look?
(a) An expression of excitment when the meteorite is mentioned.
(b) An expression of fear when the storm is mentioned.
(c) An expression as though mesmerized workers get when they see the meteorite.
(d) An expression of sickness when the Rolvaag is mentioned.

3. In Chapter 42, what damage to the cart beneath the meteorite makes McFarlane believe the disturbance was an electrical arc rather than a bomb?
(a) Damage to the bottom of the meteorite.
(b) Melted rock and a burning corpse.
(c) Damage to the inside of the tunnel.
(d) Melted metal and burning tires.

4. What type of ship has Glinn purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) An oil tanker.
(b) A military destroyer.
(c) A aircraft carrier.
(d) A cruise ship.

5. What does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) A meteorite.
(b) Gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Silver.

6. How much does Glinn tell Lloyd he will charge to complete the recovery of the meteorite from the Isla Desolacion in Chapter 8?
(a) Three hundred fifty million dollars.
(b) One hundred fifty million dollars.
(c) Three hundred million dollars.
(d) One hundred million dollars.

7. In Chapter 32, what does Bramwell find unusual about Masangkay's bones?
(a) They are all too small for a male.
(b) They are all burnt.
(c) They are mixed with animal bones.
(d) They are all broken.

8. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
(a) Large magnets.
(b) Metal detectors.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Seismograph machines.

9. What is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Eating.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

10. In Chapter 13 Glinn claims they have legal right to take the meteorite despite their desire to keep the meteorite secret. How is this true?
(a) Chile does not own the island, the Yaghan Indians do.
(b) Meteorites belong to whoever recovers them first.
(c) Meteorites, no matter where they are located, are owned by the American government.
(d) Glinn and team have mining claims to the island.

11. What is the melting point of the meteorite?
(a) One point two hundred degrees Kelvin.
(b) One point two million degrees Kelvin.
(c) One point two degrees Kelvin.
(d) One point two thousand degrees Kelvin.

12. What is the profession of the man Vallenar interviews in Chapter 28?
(a) Dealer in illegal government documents.
(b) Dealer in used eletronic equipment.
(c) Dealer in illegal surveillance.
(d) Dealer in cheap ship repair equipment.

13. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?
(a) It is only a reflection of the soil around it.
(b) No known metal alloys can create such a color.
(c) It is paint put on the meteorite by jokesters.
(d) No meteorite in history has ever been that color.

14. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?
(a) The site of an ancient cemetery.
(b) A large Tyrannosaurus.
(c) The intertwined skeletons of two dinosaurs.
(d) A large Triceratops.

15. For what reason is it revealed in Chapter 9 Captain Britton went to rehab?
(a) Bulemia.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 30, McFarlane says tests on a sample of the meteorite will reveal what properties?

2. In Chapter 36, Glinn claims his great-great-great grandfather kidnapped what relative of Puppup's?

3. What does the team initially use, as seen in Chapter 23, to remove the dirt over the top of the meteorite?

4. In Chapter 41, what does Garza call the plan that they intend to use to move the meteorite from the staging site to the bluffs above the Rolvaag?

5. In Chapter 42, what covers the sounds of Timmer's approach as he infiltrates the perimeter of the staging area?

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