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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Desert, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Keller's and James attempt to do to Hardeman after he passes out in Chapter 11?
(a) Take his money and passport.
(b) Leave him in a midnight movie house.
(c) Put him on an international flight.
(d) Leave him in the bar toilet.

2. What attribute of the cult do Owen and James realize in Chapter 7?
(a) It only kills during the solstice.
(b) It is comprised only of men.
(c) It only travels by night.
(d) It is comprised of different cells.

3. What information does Kathryn give about the murder victim at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He was mentally challenged.
(b) He used to work on the dig.
(c) He was a recent transplant.
(d) He has family in the Soviet Union.

4. How many items are on the list James reads to Kathryn at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) 45.
(b) 100.
(c) 27.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 6, Vosdanik explains that to the cult of lonely men, words are the vessels of what?
(a) Hell.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Divinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James think of in Chapter 11 as he deals with the passed out Hardeman?

2. In Chapter 1, what does James say is the only thing he can remember in Greek?

3. In Chapter 9, what medium does Volterra say would be best for telling the cult's story?

4. In Chapter 3, what trip does James discuss with Rowser?

5. What false promise does Andahl make before parting ways with Volterra in Chapter 9?

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