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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Chapters 21- Section 3, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about the old woman watching Borlú one night?
(a) She has a strange scar on her face.
(b) He cannot tell which city she is in.
(c) She has very long limbs.
(d) She is speaking a strange language.

2. What is inside the package sent to the Bol Ye'an dig site?
(a) A bomb.
(b) The murder weapon.
(c) A box of Geary's notes.
(d) A document in precursor script.

3. When Borlú and Dhatt become stuck, Dhatt prompts Borlú to remember what?
(a) When he first learned the identity of the van's owner.
(b) When he first saw the victim.
(c) When the victim stopped being an unknown corpse.
(d) When the pathologist made his report.

4. Where was the owner of the van on the night of the murder?
(a) At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
(b) At a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.
(c) At an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
(d) At a Gamblers Anonymous meeting.

5. According to the unificationist, the victim believed in what fabled city?
(a) Suddene.
(b) Thule.
(c) Orciny.
(d) Quivira.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bowden's book expounded on what theory?

2. Who threatens Borlú with slander?

3. What had happened to Bowden a few weeks before Geary's murder?

4. Who is particularly uncomfortable with Borlú's plan to get two people out of the city?

5. The victim's parents tell Borlú that their daughter had angered whom?

(see the answer key)

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