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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 38, Amira tells McFarlane that she collected what unusual arachnid?
(a) Black widows.
(b) Brown recluse.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Tarantulas.

2. In Chapter 29, what does Amira say Glinn hates?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Hope.
(d) Children.

3. Who is the author of the story mentioned in Chapter 12, 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) Stephen Crane.

4. How much does Lloyd promise to pay McFarlane in the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Half a million dollars.
(b) One million dollars.
(c) One hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Three quarters of a million dollars.

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

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

7. How does Puppup react in Chapter 21 as Lloyd, Glinn, and McFarlane admire Isla Desolacion?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He insists it is his island, not theirs.
(d) He walks away.

8. How much does Glinn say it will cost to determine if EES can recover the meteorite from Isla Desolacion in Chapter 7?
(a) One million dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) One hundred thousand dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

9. In Chapter 32, what does Bramwell find unusual about Masangkay's bones?
(a) They are all too small for a male.
(b) They are all broken.
(c) They are all burnt.
(d) They are mixed with animal bones.

10. What is the name of the meteorite that caused the falling out between McFarlane and Masangkay?
(a) Tornarssuk Meteorite.
(b) Chilean Meteorite.
(c) Monty's Meteorite.
(d) MasanFarlane Meteorite.

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

12. How does McFarlane believe the meteorite's arrival on the island impacted the topography of the island?
(a) It created the volcano.
(b) It caused a volcanic eruption.
(c) It landed during an eruption, causing its unique color.
(d) It destroyed the volcano.

13. What does Masangkay find using his electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
(a) Silver.
(b) Oil.
(c) Gold.
(d) A meteorite.

14. What element of the San Bushman language does McFarlane have trouble reproducing in Chapter 4?
(a) The trill of the r's.
(b) The guttural sounds of the language.
(c) The strange clicks of the language.
(d) The strange consonants.

15. 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?
(a) Twenty-five thousand pounds.
(b) Twenty-five hundred thousand tons.
(c) Twenty-five hundred thousand pounds.
(d) Twenty-five thousand tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural landmark marks the area where Masangkay made his camp?

2. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?

3. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?

4. What does Glinn provide in Chapter 23 to help christen the meteorite?

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

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