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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 69-77.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 55, what part of the ship does Britton report has hit the edge of the bluff?
(a) The hull.
(b) The aft shipping containers.
(c) The tower holding the meteorite.
(d) The crane on deck.

3. What does McFarlane tell Glinn in chapter 47 when he asks how safe the meteorite is?
(a) That it is inert except when touched with salt.
(b) That it is inert except when touched by a human hand.
(c) That it is dangerous and should be dropped into the sea at the first opportunity.
(d) That it is dangerous and never should be placed on the Rolvaag.

4. What is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?
(a) Reading.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Writing.
(d) Eating.

5. What famous assassination are Glinn's team reenacting when McFarlane arrives at EES's offices in Chapter 6?
(a) John Fitzgerald Kennedy's death in Dallas.
(b) Lee Harvey Oswald's death in Dallas.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in Memphis.
(d) Abraham Lincoln's death in Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Wilson Atcitty find a large bone protruding from a sandstone wall as described in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 60, who is in charge of the team sent to finish the welds on the meteorite's cradle?

3. In Chapter 51, Glinn reveals that EES controls what vital component of the Rolvaag?

4. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn orders the power stopped to all the jacks under the meteorite?

5. In Chapter 60, what order is given to the work crew in regards to their interaction with the meteorite?

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