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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 unsettling thing does Vallenar do to the Rolvaag in Chapter 36?
(a) Boards them.
(b) Locks weapons.
(c) Fires machine gun weapons at them.
(d) Cruises toward them in a collision course.

2. In Chapter 39, who does Vallenar wish to interrogate about the actions of the Americans on the Rolvaag?
(a) Puppup.
(b) The custom officials.
(c) Britton.
(d) Glinn.

3. How does Glinn plan to keep the meteorite stable during travel?
(a) By tying it down with cargo straps.
(b) By placing it in a shipping container.
(c) By placing it in a cradle.
(d) By wrapping it plastic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

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

3. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?

4. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?

5. Where does Amira tell McFarlane that Glinn earned his military experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a guard posted at the camp where the meteorite is sitting? What happens on the first night of guard duty?

2. What does a native man find on Isla Desolacion when paddles there in Chapter 2? What does he do about it?

3. 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?

4. What strikes McFarlane as luxurious when he boards the Rolvaag for the first time? What is Glinn's explanation for this unexpected luxury?

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

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

7. What does Masangkay anticipate will be the rewards for discovering a unique meteorite on the Isla Desolacion? Who does he wish to pay back?

8. What causes the computers on the island to fail? What is found in the tunnel with the meteorite?

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 unusual findings do McFarlane and Glinn make when they remove Masangkay's body for study on the ship in Chapter 27?

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