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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 does panteonero mean?
(a) Graveyard breeze.
(b) Death's breath.
(c) Cemetery wind.
(d) Typhoon.

2. What is an island of stability?
(a) A hypothetical group of elements high on the periodic table that are stable.
(b) A group of elements low on the periodic table that are stable.
(c) A ship that floats on the upper most layer of water.
(d) A floating island that will not tip.

3. 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 Tyrannosaurus.
(b) The site of an ancient cemetery.
(c) A large Triceratops.
(d) The intertwined skeletons of two dinosaurs.

4. What type of bit do Amira and McFarlane attempt to drill the meteorite with?
(a) An iron bit.
(b) A diamond bit.
(c) A steel bit.
(d) A glass bit.

5. What impending situation is mentioned in both Chapters 39 and 40?
(a) A possible earthquake.
(b) An expected tsunami.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A possible panteonero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unsettling thing does Vallenar do to the Rolvaag in Chapter 36?

2. What is Christie's, the setting of Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 35, Glinn tells the team that the mass of the meteorite has been updated after the jack failure. What is the new estimated mass?

4. How big does Garza believe the meteorite is as discussed in Chapter 31?

5. What is a dead man switch?

(see the answer key)

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