Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 39, who does Vallenar wish to interrogate about the actions of the Americans on the Rolvaag?
2. What illness does Puppup claim killed his wife in Chapter 36?
3. What is an electromagnetic tomographic sounder?
4. In Chapter 42, how does Timmer find the door to the tunnel where the meteorite sits?
5. What item of modern technology does Sam McFarlane attempt to get San Bushmen to use in order to help him search for meteorites?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does McFarlane take the broken drill bit to the ship? What does he find on it? What does he decide to do next?
2. What does McFarlane learn about Amira's relationship with Glinn in Chapter 38 that sheds light on Glinn's personality?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What does Glinn's company, Effective Engineering Solutions, Inc., do? What is their success record? Why does Lloyd hire them?
6. What is being auction at a Christie's auction house in Chapter 3? What is unusual about the buyer?
7. Why does Glinn's team make an effort to make the ship they are preparing for the expedition look older than it really is?
8. Why does Glinn insist that McFarlane accompany him to the island where they will be interviewed by customs? Why does Glinn want himself and McFarlane to present fake passports when they arrive in Chile?
9. Who arrives on the Rolvaag via helicopter in Chapter 20? What is the purpose of this visit?
10. What crime does Puppup tell Glinn Vallenar once committed? What was calculated about this crime?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following in detail citing examples from the novel:
1) Setting
2) Language
3) Point of view
4) Structure.
Essay Topic 2
What happens once the crew abandons the Rolvaag? Why were they forced to abandon ship in the first place? Where do they go? How do they expect to get rescued? What happens the following morning? What does Amira give to McFarlane? For what reason? What happens to Amira? What happens to McFarlane? What happens to Lloyd? Is this an appropriate result for Lloyd? What does McFarlane realize the meteorite was? Is this accurate information or is McFarlane mentally unbalanced because of the trauma of the ship sinking?
Essay Topic 3
What does the team discover when they expose the meteorite? What color is it? Why is this unusual? What is Amira and McFarlane's hypothesis about the color of the meteorite? What else is unusual about the meteorite? How do they discover it is much heavier than expected? What problems does this pose? Why does McFarlane want a sample of the meteorite? What happens when he tries to drill into it? How does McFarlane finally get a sample of the meteorite? What does he learn from this?
|
This section contains 1,304 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
