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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pascali learn about the phrase "terra rossa"?
(a) That it is slightly radioactive.
(b) That it is bauxite, a non-plastic, clay-like material, generally red in color.
(c) That it is only used in very primative cultures for making wood-fired dishes.
(d) That there is actually no such material.

2. Who is the first person killed?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Bowles.
(c) Smith.
(d) A worker.

3. What does Pascali wonder about Pasha?
(a) Why he has scared Izzet.
(b) What he hasn't acted against Bowles and Pascali yet.
(c) Why he is still alive after all his manipulations.
(d) If he has always been so fat.

4. How does Pascali close his report?
(a) He mentions that the entire report, from Bowles arrival to his death, could be as false as his earlier tale of the fly on his arm.
(b) By signing his name.
(c) He says he quits.
(d) By saying May the Sultan Live Forever.

5. What is the most significant thing about terra rossa?
(a) It is a fairly valuable export.
(b) It contains large amounts of aluminum deposits.
(c) It is only found on this island.
(d) It can create an explosion when mixed with sulfur.

6. What does Pascali decide to do?
(a) Bribe Bowles.
(b) Kill Pasha.
(c) Bribe Lydia.
(d) Bribe Izzet.

7. With whom does Pascali ask to speak?
(a) Izzet.
(b) Bowles.
(c) Pasha.
(d) Lydia.

8. What does Pascali take from Bowles' room?
(a) A plate of olives.
(b) Bowles' journal.
(c) A gold ring from the excavation site.
(d) Nothing.

9. Who does Pascali see talking to the person Pascali is following?
(a) Smith.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Izzet.
(d) Bowles.

10. Of what is Pascali now convinced?
(a) That he will get his money finally.
(b) That he is about to die.
(c) That Izzet likes the way Pascali works.
(d) That Pasha is not the person to fear.

11. Why does Bowles refuse the offer?
(a) Because he is greedy.
(b) Because he has to pay Pascali out of that.
(c) He says he has had to stop his research and that does not cover his expenses.
(d) Because he thinks they will not honor their offer.

12. About what does Pascali warn Bowles?
(a) That they are both likely to lose their heads if things are not resolved very soon.
(b) That Izzet has secretly called in the Sultan's assassin.
(c) That Pasha has set up an ambush at the site.
(d) That someone is stalking Bowles.

13. What does Izzet say he knows about Bowles?
(a) That Bowles has a wife arriving on the next boat.
(b) That Bowles used to work for Scotland Yard.
(c) That Bowles and Smith are associated.
(d) That Bowles does have an advance degree in archeology.

14. Why are Pasha and Izzet caught in a must-pay situation?
(a) Because Bowles has kidnapped a child of each of them and holds the child against payment.
(b) They do not have to pay; they know the authorities will believe them over Bowles.
(c) Not to pay would mean involvement by authorities which would betray their secret.
(d) They know Bowles has the contacts to have them killed.

15. What does Pascali find Bowles doing at the excavation site?
(a) Burying the gold bracelet.
(b) Unearthing a bronze statue.
(c) Smashing many artifacts.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose would he do the answer to question #97?

2. What goes wrong with the meeting?

3. How much does Pascali ask for keeping Bowles' secret?

4. What does Bowles say about the stranger with whom he was speaking?

5. How much does Izzet offer Bowles?

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