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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 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?
2. What is an island of stability?
3. What is the melting point of the meteorite?
4. What is a dead man switch?
5. What is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Puppup tell the men as they make their way to the site of the meteorite in Chapter 22?
2. What unusual findings do McFarlane and Glinn make when they remove Masangkay's body for study on the ship in Chapter 27?
3. 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?
4. Where does Glinn find Captain Britton? How does this pertain to her decision to take the job he has offered her?
5. 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?
6. Why does Glinn's team make an effort to make the ship they are preparing for the expedition look older than it really is?
7. What is being auction at a Christie's auction house in Chapter 3? What is unusual about the buyer?
8. What does McFarlane learn about Amira's relationship with Glinn in Chapter 38 that sheds light on Glinn's personality?
9. What does Glinn's company, Effective Engineering Solutions, Inc., do? What is their success record? Why does Lloyd hire them?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the team discover when they expose the meteorite? What color is it? Why is this unusual? What is Amira and McFarlane's hypothesis about the color of the meteorite? What else is unusual about the meteorite? How do they discover it is much heavier than expected? What problems does this pose? Why does McFarlane want a sample of the meteorite? What happens when he tries to drill into it? How does McFarlane finally get a sample of the meteorite? What does he learn from this?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following relationships:
1) Glinn and Britton
2) Vallenar and Timmer
3) McFarlane and Amira
4) Lloyd and Glinn.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following style elements in detail, discussing how they impact the overall plot of the novel. Cite examples from the novel to support your conclusions:
1) Theme
2) Metaphor
3) Language
4) Character.
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