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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Glinn attempting to secure during his military career that caused the loss of his entire team, minus himself and Garza, as Amira tells it in Chapter 11?
(a) A village.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A military camp.
(d) A hill.

2. In Chapter 9, what author does Britton quote before she leaves Glinn?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) W.H. Auden.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Stephen King.

3. What is the weather like in Chapter 1 as Masangkay unearths part of his find?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Dry.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Hot.

4. What did the large bone found in a sandstone wall of a canyon turn out to be as described in Chapter 3?
(a) A large Triceratops.
(b) A large Tyrannosaurus.
(c) The site of an ancient cemetery.
(d) The intertwined skeletons of two dinosaurs.

5. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) A machine used to dig in isolated areas.
(b) A machine used to find magnetic activity under the groun.
(c) A machine used to see underneath the earth without digging.
(d) A machine used to measure earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 'night lunch' mentioned in Chapter 11?

2. What is the name of the meteorite that caused the falling out between McFarlane and Masangkay?

3. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?

4. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?

5. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?

(see the answer key)

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