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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 Amira claim uses more calories than jogging?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Brain cells.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Heart cells.
2. What drink has been banned from the Rolvaag?
(a) Tea.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Wine.
3. What unsettling thing does Vallenar do to the Rolvaag in Chapter 36?
(a) Boards them.
(b) Cruises toward them in a collision course.
(c) Locks weapons.
(d) Fires machine gun weapons at them.
4. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) The plague.
(d) Smallpox.
5. What is the name of the Thomas Cole painting Palmer Lloyd loves the most of all his rare and valuable belongings, as described in Chapter 5?
(a) Sunny Morning on the Mississippi.
(b) Sunny Morning in Acapulco.
(c) Sunny Morning on the Hudson River.
(d) Sunny Morning in Chile.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 28, what item does Vallenar ask the man he is interviewing to give to him?
2. What is McFarlane's pet theory that is revealed in Chapter 25?
3. What impending situation is mentioned in both Chapters 39 and 40?
4. Why does Glinn tell Britton in Chapter 18 that they should not worry about Vallenar?
5. What type of ship has Glinn purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?
Short Essay Questions
1. What report does McFarlane find in Amira's quarters in Chapter 37? What does this report say? How does McFarlane feel about this report?
2. What is being auction at a Christie's auction house in Chapter 3? What is unusual about the buyer?
3. What does McFarlane learn about Amira's relationship with Glinn in Chapter 38 that sheds light on Glinn's personality?
4. 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?
5. Why does Glinn gather his team and suggest they end the expedition in Chapter 35? Do they?
6. Who arrives on the Rolvaag via helicopter in Chapter 20? What is the purpose of this visit?
7. What does Lloyd do when he first sees the meteorite? Who warns against this action? Why?
8. What story does Puppup tell the men as they make their way to the site of the meteorite in Chapter 22?
9. What does Masangkay anticipate will be the rewards for discovering a unique meteorite on the Isla Desolacion? Who does he wish to pay back?
10. What does a native man find on Isla Desolacion when paddles there in Chapter 2? What does he do about it?
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