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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bowles envision the bronze statue he finds?
(a) He has no plans for the statue.
(b) Placed into a museum with a plaque bearing his name.
(c) On a platform in the harbor.
(d) Erected at the Sanctuary of Artimes.

2. Why does Pascali visit Dr. Hogan?
(a) To relate to someone who is honest.
(b) To get a shot and information.
(c) Pascali needs a kind conversation and information.
(d) Because his eyesight is getting worse.

3. How does Pascali view Bowles after the meeting with Izzet?
(a) As a threat to Pascali's position on the island.
(b) He is afraid of Bowles but in awe of Bowles' talents.
(c) As a scoundrel.
(d) As more honest than Pascali had thought.

4. What does Pascali insist to Bowles about the church service?
(a) That the priest is in on the conspiracy to kill Bowles.
(b) That they were going to kill Pascali.
(c) Pascali is unwilling to answer Bowles's questions.
(d) That the Saint was hexed.

5. When Pascali leads Izzet and the soldiers to the cove, who is dead?
(a) No one.
(b) Smith.
(c) The soldiers Pasha had posted at the site.
(d) Lydia.

6. Of what does Bowles accuse Pascali?
(a) Of being without a conscience.
(b) Of being insane.
(c) Of being an informant.
(d) Of being timid.

7. Why does Bowles want to leave the situation for a few days?
(a) To extort more money.
(b) To find out who is behind Pasha's scheme.
(c) To find more artifacts.
(d) Because he has not finished his research.

8. What happens as Pascali waits at the hotel?
(a) Bowles arrives but will not speak to Pascali.
(b) Bowles does not show up.
(c) Pascali witnesses a handoff of a large package from Bowles to Smith.
(d) Pascali gets drunk.

9. How much does Pascali ask for keeping Bowles' secret?
(a) 75 liras.
(b) 150 liras.
(c) 500 liras.
(d) 200 liras.

10. What is the likely reason Bowles has suddenly brought up the presence of the soldiers?
(a) To be doubly obnoxious.
(b) Because he wants to discomfit Pasha.
(c) As a stalling tactic.
(d) As more leverage.

11. What does Bowles demand?
(a) The removal of the soldiers from the evacuation site.
(b) For Pascali to be arrested for extortion.
(c) For Pasha to meet with him instead of Izzet.
(d) More money.

12. What does Bowles say about the stranger with whom he was speaking?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he is an American.
(c) That he comes from Istanbul.
(d) That he is a German.

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

14. How does Pascali respond to Bowles' accusation.
(a) He lowers his head.
(b) He gets tearful.
(c) Pascali proudly declares himself to be "the best kind."
(d) He gives Bowles an evil grin.

15. When Pascali meets Izzet the next time, what does Izzet want?
(a) To have Pascali bring Bowles to a place where Bowles can be roughed up.
(b) To know if Smith and Bowles are running drugs.
(c) Pascali does not see Izzet anymore in the story.
(d) To know why Bowles is delaying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pascali see as he's walking home through the market?

2. Why do Pascali and Bowles meet with Izzet at the hotel?

3. What does Pascali find Bowles doing at the excavation site?

4. What does Pascali say of Bowles's speech patterns?

5. Why does Bowles want a few more days at the site?

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