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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big does Garza believe the meteorite is as discussed in Chapter 31?
(a) Forty-two feet in diameter.
(b) Twenty feet in diameter.
(c) Four feet in diameter.
(d) Ten feet in diameter.

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

3. What is an island of stability?
(a) A group of elements low on the periodic table that are stable.
(b) A hypothetical group of elements high 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.

4. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
(a) Metal detectors.
(b) Large magnets.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Seismograph machines.

5. Who does Puppup believe is responsible for the deaths of Evans, Rochefort, and Masangkay?
(a) Vallenar.
(b) Glinn.
(c) Hanuxa.
(d) Haraxa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 38, McFarlane recognizes the twin fangs of Hanuxa as what geological formations?

2. In Chapter 42, what covers the sounds of Timmer's approach as he infiltrates the perimeter of the staging area?

3. Who, in Chapter 12, makes the loudest objection to the banned beverage?

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

5. What role is Amira supposed to play while on the expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Brambell say caused Masangkay's death? How does this impact the expedition at this point?

2. How does Glinn and his team plan to move the meteorite from one side of the island to the other?

3. Why does McFarlane take the broken drill bit to the ship? What does he find on it? What does he decide to do next?

4. What proof in Chapter 30 do McFarlane and Amira get from Glinn that supports their theory that the meteorite is interstellar rather than having come from our solar system?

5. Who arrives on the Rolvaag via helicopter in Chapter 20? What is the purpose of this visit?

6. Where does Glinn find Captain Britton? How does this pertain to her decision to take the job he has offered her?

7. What does McFarlane use to create a demonstration of what happens to the ground when a meteorite falls from the sky? Why does McFarlane put on this demonstration? What is the reaction of his audience?

8. Why does Rochefort go into the tunnel with the jacked up meteorite in Chapter 34? What happens?

9. What story of the Ice Limit does Britton tell the people at her table during the first dinner on board the Rolvaag? What famous writer wrote a story about this incident? How is this incident related to Captain Britton? What is important about this story?

10. What does a native man find on Isla Desolacion when paddles there in Chapter 2? What does he do about it?

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