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

2. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He insists it is his island, not theirs.
(d) He walks away.

3. Who is the author of the story mentioned in Chapter 12, 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'?
(a) Stephen King.
(b) Stephen Crane.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

4. What does panteonero mean?
(a) Graveyard breeze.
(b) Death's breath.
(c) Typhoon.
(d) Cemetery wind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 39, what does the letter Vallenar reads tell him about the Rolvaag's mining expedition on Isla Desolacion?

2. In Chapter 38, McFarlane recognizes the twin fangs of Hanuxa as what geological formations?

3. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?

4. In Chapter 28, what item does Vallenar ask the man he is interviewing to give to him?

5. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Glinn's company, Effective Engineering Solutions, Inc., do? What is their success record? Why does Lloyd hire them?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Dr. Brambell say caused Masangkay's death? How does this impact the expedition at this point?

7. What report does McFarlane find in Amira's quarters in Chapter 37? What does this report say? How does McFarlane feel about this report?

8. 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?

9. Why does McFarlane tell Britton in chapter 14 that he decided to study meteorites? What question does Britton ask McFarlane about this expedition?

10. Why does Glinn insist that McFarlane accompany him to the island where they will be interviewed by customs? Why does Glinn want himself and McFarlane to present fake passports when they arrive in Chile?

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