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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. What are Willey Peters?
(a) Yellow phosphorus used in chemical warfare.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Missiles.
(d) White phosphorus used to light up a dark sea.

2. In Chapter 57, how does Glinn disable the Almirante Ramirez?
(a) By sending a man to commandeer the bridge.
(b) By setting off explosive previously placed on the ship's screws.
(c) By forcing it into the rocks along the cliff side of the Isla Desolacion.
(d) By firing a weapon from the deck of the Rolvaag.

3. In Chapter 59, why does Vallenar request a team of six go into the water to repair the propellers?
(a) It takes six to bolt the propeller to the ship.
(b) At least that many are necessary to remove the old propellers.
(c) At least one of them will live long enough to finish the job.
(d) It takes six to lift the heavy propellers.

4. In Chapter 78, who does Britton inform her officers to call for help?
(a) The American Coast Guard.
(b) The Peru government.
(c) The Chilean military.
(d) The British Naval base on Georgia Island.

5. In Chapter 61, who does Glinn send to take care of the apparent discharge from the meteorite?
(a) McFarlane and Amira.
(b) Lloyd and Amira.
(c) McFarlane and Garza.
(d) Lloyd and McFarlane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to move the meteorite to the bluffs overlooking the Rolvaag?

2. In Chapter 57, what does Glinn want Puppup to do?

3. In Chapter 83, what order does Britton give Garza that Glinn countermands?

4. In Chapter 61, what happens to the bridge's computers as they watch the movement on radar of the ship in pursuit of the Rolvaag?

5. In Chapter 71, what item of jewelry does Amira ask to wear of McFarlane's in a moment of intimacy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 77 when the Almirante Ramirez comes around the corner of the ice island and faces the Rolvaag?

2. Where does Glinn advise Britton to take the ship in Chapter 74? What argument does Britton make against this plan?

3. What news does McFarlane bring the bridge in Chapter 72? What does Glinn do about it?

4. What revelation does Glinn make in chapter 68 that explains Vallenar's odd behavior?

5. How does Vallenar react to Glinn's actions, as shown in Chapter 59? What does Vallenar plan to do next?

6. What conclusion does McFarlane announce to Lloyd in the final chapter of the book? Is this conclusion accurate.

7. In Chapter 82 Lloyd and McFarlane change their position on the meteorite. Who refuses to listen? What happens next?

8. What is Garza and his team doing in the cargo hold in Chapter 60? What danger does this pose?

9. How does Glinn's team assertain that the dead body is not the guard they thought it was? Who does Glinn believe this man is? What complication does this pose?

10. Where does Glinn go in Chapter 48? What is he wearing that suggests he expects danger on this trip?

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