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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. Who does Glinn reveal has the only key to the dead man switch in Chapter 13?
(a) Glinn, Rochefort, and Garza.
(b) Glinn, Lloyd, and Britton.
(c) Glinn, McFarlane, and Howell.
(d) Glinn, McFarlane, and Amira.

2. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?
(a) He is just a crazy old man.
(b) No one respects him enough to care about his opinion.
(c) He has no authority over them.
(d) No one believed him.

3. 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.

4. What does Rochefort manually release on the jacks in Chapter 34?
(a) The hydraulic valves.
(b) The clasp connecting the jacks to the meteorite.
(c) The computer control.
(d) The power cables.

5. In Chapter 31, McFarlane claims the meteorite is like what element?
(a) Transition elements.
(b) Noble gas.
(c) Alkali metals.
(d) Metalloids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does the meteorite become when it reaches its melting point?

2. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 28, how does Vallenar force the man he is interviewing to tell him the truth?

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

5. What meal does McFarlane recall in Chapter 22 that Masangkay attempted to share with him five years previously as they hid from armored trucks in a foreign country?

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. What causes a near collision in Chapter 18 with the Rolvaag? What does this suggest about the dangers of the expedition?

3. For what reason does Glinn want to add Puppup to their crew? Where does Glinn find Puppup in Chapter 18?

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. How does Glinn and his team plan to move the meteorite from one side of the island to the other?

6. What proof in Chapter 30 do McFarlane and Amira get from Glinn that supports their theory that the meteorite is interstellar rather than having come from our solar system?

7. What does Lloyd do when he first sees the meteorite? Who warns against this action? Why?

8. What crime does Puppup tell Glinn Vallenar once committed? What was calculated about this crime?

9. Why does McFarlane take the broken drill bit to the ship? What does he find on it? What does he decide to do next?

10. What does McFarlane learn about Amira's relationship with Glinn in Chapter 38 that sheds light on Glinn's personality?

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