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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Investment.
(c) Travel.
(d) Banking.

2. Which specific airport is featured in O'Connell's discussion of airports in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) Stapleton.
(b) JFK.
(c) Heathrow.
(d) O'Hare.

3. For how many years had Igor worked as a tour guide in the Zone by the time of O'Connell's arrival?
(a) 24.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) France.
(d) Malaysia.

5. O'Connell's family member coincidentally looked at what type of creature, thereby totally overlooking the problematic couple?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles predicts the collapse of all but which of the following entities?

2. How many months after the Alladale retreat did O'Connell take a trip to the Zone?

3. At the time of the trip, Dylan had relocated to which city several years before?

4. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?

5. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?

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