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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, why does Comandante Vallenar tell custom officials that the Americans are after gold on Isla Desolacion?
(a) He has tried to mine gold there himself.
(b) He believes all foreigners are looking for gold.
(c) He does not want them given the right to step on Chilean soil.
(d) He does not believe there is iron ore on the island.

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

3. What role is Amira supposed to play while on the expedition?
(a) McFarlane's assistant.
(b) Glinn's secretary.
(c) Glinn's assistant.
(d) McFarlane's secretary.

4. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?
(a) Rochefort.
(b) McFarlane.
(c) Amira.
(d) Brambell.

5. In Chapter 13 Glinn claims they have legal right to take the meteorite despite their desire to keep the meteorite secret. How is this true?
(a) Chile does not own the island, the Yaghan Indians do.
(b) Meteorites, no matter where they are located, are owned by the American government.
(c) Glinn and team have mining claims to the island.
(d) Meteorites belong to whoever recovers them first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nestor Masangkay looking for on Isla Desolacion?

2. How much does Glinn tell Lloyd he will charge to complete the recovery of the meteorite from the Isla Desolacion in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?

4. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?

5. What does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

(see the answer key)

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