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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Desert, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does James accuse Owen of doing?
(a) Purposely sabotaging the dig.
(b) Sleeping with Kathryn.
(c) Hating him.
(d) Misleading Volterra.

2. Where is Eliades living in Chapter 11?
(a) Bombay.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Athens.
(d) London.

3. Why does Charles Maitland get angry at James at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) James guesses who Ann is sleeping with.
(b) James makes fun of Charles's baldness.
(c) James breaks a lamp.
(d) James leaves early.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, James wonders whether adultery serves what purpose?
(a) Making aging stop.
(b) Making oneself seem more important.
(c) Making marriage bearable.
(d) Making travel memorable.

5. In Chapter 4, where does Owen think the cave people have gone?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) The Greek mainland.
(c) Cyprus.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what other character does Hardeman work?

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what items are the Maitlands stockpiling?

3. Who is Mrs. Helen?

4. Why is James Axton in Bombay at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. Who joins James and Ann at lunch at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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