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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Hudson River.
(b) Sunny Morning on the Mississippi.
(c) Sunny Morning in Chile.
(d) Sunny Morning in Acapulco.

2. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
(a) Cell phones.
(b) Metal detectors.
(c) Large magnets.
(d) Seismograph machines.

3. How much does Glinn say it will cost to determine if EES can recover the meteorite from Isla Desolacion in Chapter 7?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) One hundred thousand dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) One million dollars.

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

5. Who has Glinn hired to change the outward appearance of the ship purchased for the recovery of the meteorite?
(a) Hollywood Magic and Scenery.
(b) Industrial Light and Magic.
(c) Professional ship builders.
(d) Military camouflage experts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amira suggest is off about the color of the meteorite, as she explains in Chapter 25?

2. What meal does McFarlane recall in Chapter 22 that Masangkay attempted to share with him five years previously as they hid from armored trucks in a foreign country?

3. What color is the meteorite when it is finally exposed in Chapter 24?

4. What is the name of the channel where the Rolvaag lowers its anchor during the recovery of the meteorite?

5. What is the weather like in Chapter 1 as Masangkay unearths part of his find?

(see the answer key)

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