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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Longer Now.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?
(a) Wil James
(b) the priest, Jose
(c) a British archeologist
(d) Wayne Dobson

2. Why does the narrator not get out of the taxi at his hotel?
(a) the taxi driver knows a cheaper hotel
(b) another taxi is following him
(c) the hotel is on fire
(d) there are soldiers standing outside

3. What is Charlene doing when the narrator arrives at the restaurant?
(a) talking on the phone
(b) talking with two policemen
(c) reading copies of the Manuscript
(d) looking at her watch

4. What happens while the narrator is running away?
(a) He feels the wind of pullets past his ears.
(b) He loses one of his shoes.
(c) He runs behind a bus and disappears.
(d) A man stops him and takes him to a safe house.

5. What does Charlene say in the beginning of this time will become harder?
(a) to continue relationships
(b) to convince people what is happening
(c) to speak openly about the Manuscript
(d) to make rational decisions

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dobson say the Middle Ages were defined?

2. What is the Peruvian government's attitude toward the Manuscript?

3. What does Wilson James say he wants to find?

4. What does Charlene tell the narrator about?

5. What coincidence happens when the narrator gets up to go to the restroom?

(see the answer key)

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