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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 is the name of the meteorite that caused the falling out between McFarlane and Masangkay?
(a) Tornarssuk Meteorite.
(b) MasanFarlane Meteorite.
(c) Monty's Meteorite.
(d) Chilean Meteorite.

2. What is a dead man switch?
(a) A ejection switch to quickly remove the meteorite in an emergency.
(b) A switch to sink the ship should their mission be discovered.
(c) A switch to remove casualties of an accident quickly.
(d) A switch to cut power to the bridge in an emergency.

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

4. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?
(a) The plague.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Measles.

5. What color is the meteorite when it is finally exposed in Chapter 24?
(a) Grey.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Isla Desolacion?

2. What is the melting point of the meteorite?

3. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?

4. According to Amira in Chapter 41, what is the look?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is being auction at a Christie's auction house in Chapter 3? What is unusual about the buyer?

3. Where does Glinn find Captain Britton? How does this pertain to her decision to take the job he has offered her?

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

5. What story of the Ice Limit does Britton tell the people at her table during the first dinner on board the Rolvaag? What famous writer wrote a story about this incident? How is this incident related to Captain Britton? What is important about this story?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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