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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 36, Puppup claims to have inherited the remaining treasures of the Yaghan Indians. What does he say he did with it?
2. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?
3. In Chapter 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?
4. What does Glinn provide in Chapter 23 to help christen the meteorite?
5. What color is the meteorite when it is finally exposed in Chapter 24?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes a near collision in Chapter 18 with the Rolvaag? What does this suggest about the dangers of the expedition?
2. Why is a guard posted at the camp where the meteorite is sitting? What happens on the first night of guard duty?
3. Why does Glinn's team make an effort to make the ship they are preparing for the expedition look older than it really is?
4. For what reason does Glinn want to add Puppup to their crew? Where does Glinn find Puppup in Chapter 18?
5. What does McFarlane use to create a demonstration of what happens to the ground when a meteorite falls from the sky? Why does McFarlane put on this demonstration? What is the reaction of his audience?
6. 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?
7. How does Glinn and his team plan to move the meteorite from one side of the island to the other?
8. What does a native man find on Isla Desolacion when paddles there in Chapter 2? What does he do about it?
9. 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?
10. Why does McFarlane tell Britton in chapter 14 that he decided to study meteorites? What question does Britton ask McFarlane about this expedition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following relationships:
1) Glinn and Britton
2) Vallenar and Timmer
3) McFarlane and Amira
4) Lloyd and Glinn.
Essay Topic 2
Who is McFarlane? Why did he and Masangkay part ways? Why does Glinn think that McFarlane is unstable? Is he? Who does Glinn have watch over McFarlane during the expedition? When does McFarlane learn about this double cross? What does McFarlane do about this? Why? What is McFarlane's role on the expedition? How many times does McFarlane reassure the others that the meteorite poses no threat to the ship? Does this prove to be true? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Who is Palmer Lloyd? What is he seen buying in the early chapters of the novel? What is unusual about this purchase? What does this say about Palmer Lloyd? What does the reader later learn that Lloyd is building? What is the purpose of this building? What does the purpose of this building suggest about the conflict that will propel the plot of this novel? What will Lloyd put in this building? What does he ask McFarlane to help him procure for this building? What does Lloyd plan to do with this item?
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