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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does panteonero mean?
(a) Typhoon.
(b) Graveyard breeze.
(c) Cemetery wind.
(d) Death's breath.
2. What is the weather like in Chapter 1 as Masangkay unearths part of his find?
(a) Hot.
(b) Dry.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.
3. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?
(a) A small pine tree.
(b) A large boulder.
(c) A huge oak tree.
(d) A valley in the snowfield.
4. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?
(a) He does not want them given the right to step on Chilean soil.
(b) He does not believe there is iron ore on the island.
(c) He believes all foreigners are looking for gold.
(d) He has tried to mine gold there himself.
5. In Chapter 38, Amira tells McFarlane that she collected what unusual arachnid?
(a) Tarantulas.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Black widows.
(d) Brown recluse.
Short Answer Questions
1. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?
2. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
3. Who does Glinn reveal has the only key to the dead man switch in Chapter 13?
4. What is a dead man switch?
5. In Chapter 39, who does Vallenar wish to interrogate about the actions of the Americans on the Rolvaag?
Short Essay Questions
1. What operation has Glinn had his men set up on the island to fool any Chilean officials who happen to be watching them? Is anyone watching them?
2. Why does McFarlane tell Britton in chapter 14 that he decided to study meteorites? What question does Britton ask McFarlane about this expedition?
3. Why is a guard posted at the camp where the meteorite is sitting? What happens on the first night of guard duty?
4. Why does Glinn's team make an effort to make the ship they are preparing for the expedition look older than it really is?
5. Who are the people Sam McFarlane has hired to help him search for meteorites in the Kalahari Desert? How does he win their trust? How does he lose it?
6. Why does Glinn gather his team and suggest they end the expedition in Chapter 35? Do they?
7. Who arrives on the Rolvaag via helicopter in Chapter 20? What is the purpose of this visit?
8. What causes a near collision in Chapter 18 with the Rolvaag? What does this suggest about the dangers of the expedition?
9. What unusual findings do McFarlane and Glinn make when they remove Masangkay's body for study on the ship in Chapter 27?
10. Why does Rochefort go into the tunnel with the jacked up meteorite in Chapter 34? What happens?
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