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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a dead man switch?
(a) A switch to cut power to the bridge in an emergency.
(b) A switch to sink the ship should their mission be discovered.
(c) A switch to remove casualties of an accident quickly.
(d) A ejection switch to quickly remove the meteorite in an emergency.

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

3. What happens in Chapter 33 when Glinn orders the power stopped to all the jacks under the meteorite?
(a) The jacks fall too quickly.
(b) The jacks fail.
(c) The jacks lock up.
(d) The jacks drop the meteorite.

4. What is Christie's, the setting of Chapter 3?
(a) A museum.
(b) An auction house.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A department store.

5. Why does Palmer Lloyd go to the Kalahari Desert to see Sam McFarlane in Chapter 4?
(a) To ask him to organize an expedition to recover a meteorite.
(b) To ask him to finish Masangkay's expedition.
(c) To ask him to to ask Masangkay to sell Lloyd his latest discovery.
(d) To ask him to head his new science museum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what reason is it revealed in Chapter 9 Captain Britton went to rehab?

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

4. Why does Vallenar dislike disposable razors as discussed in Chapter 28?

5. What is Brambell doing in Chapter 32 that he is forced to put aside to conduct the examination of Masangkay's remains?

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