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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. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?
2. In Chapter 28, what item does Vallenar ask the man he is interviewing to give to him?
3. For what reason is it revealed in Chapter 9 Captain Britton went to rehab?
4. In Chapter 32, what does Bramwell find unusual about Masangkay's bones?
5. According to Amira in Chapter 41, what is the look?
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 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?
3. For what reason does Glinn want to add Puppup to their crew? Where does Glinn find Puppup in Chapter 18?
4. 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?
5. Why does Glinn gather his team and suggest they end the expedition in Chapter 35? Do they?
6. What is being auction at a Christie's auction house in Chapter 3? What is unusual about the buyer?
7. What crime does Puppup tell Glinn Vallenar once committed? What was calculated about this crime?
8. Where does Glinn find Captain Britton? How does this pertain to her decision to take the job he has offered her?
9. Why does Glinn's team make an effort to make the ship they are preparing for the expedition look older than it really is?
10. What does a native man find on Isla Desolacion when paddles there in Chapter 2? What does he do about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Britton? What was the nature of the scandal that discredited her as a ships captain? Was Britton guilty of the crime she was accused of? Was Britton unfairly treated for some reason? Explain. Why does Glinn chose Britton as the captain of the Rolvaag? Why does Britton take the job? For what reason is Britton's career important to her at this point in her life? What fear does Britton continuously express while on board the Rolvaag? What drink does Britton ban from the Rolvaag? How does the crew react to this? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
What happens once the crew abandons the Rolvaag? Why were they forced to abandon ship in the first place? Where do they go? How do they expect to get rescued? What happens the following morning? What does Amira give to McFarlane? For what reason? What happens to Amira? What happens to McFarlane? What happens to Lloyd? Is this an appropriate result for Lloyd? What does McFarlane realize the meteorite was? Is this accurate information or is McFarlane mentally unbalanced because of the trauma of the ship sinking?
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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