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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the silver chains to fall from the ceiling?

2. What is the Sun Plaza?

3. What did Norman say in regards to his cameras?

4. What did the monk expect in his back?

5. How many bands of hematite were on the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Monk thank God for?

2. Why did Otera think he would like to hear the American kid beg for his life?

3. Why hadn't the Inca captors stripped the man of his cross and robe?

4. What strange behavior had the tarantulas adopted?

5. What idea led Sam to consider the journey across the booby trapped room?

6. What had Francisco done to the cross?

7. What was the Monk's final act, and why did he do it?

8. Why was the Joan the pathologist sorry to Henry?

9. What circumstances led to the Monk's temporary dizziness?

10. Why did the underground structure moan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Friar Otera and Abbot Ruiz. What are their motivations? Are they similar? In what ways are they different? Are either of them men of principle? How or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Sam's last few moments alive before he dies, and the events that occur post mortem. What is his last thought? What events occurred after his death, and who was the strongest advocate for his resurrection? Suggest a reason for this advocacy.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Mallaqui, and later the Incan revered 'gods' of Janan Pacha. What characteristics allowed the Inca's to identify them as their gods? What physiological differences set aside these alien forms from the human race? What social characteristics?

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