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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mountain, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the dig's trenches overlap?
(a) An olive grove.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A pear orchard.
(d) A playground.

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

3. In Chapter 5, what does James say that Lindsay Keller avoids doing?
(a) Making plans.
(b) Making assuptions about others.
(c) Flirting.
(d) Exercising.

4. What danger do Tap and James encounter when they go hiking in Chapter 5?
(a) A crazy itinerant.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) Sunstroke.
(d) Bees.

5. What information does Kathryn give about the murder victim at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He was mentally challenged.
(b) He was a recent transplant.
(c) He used to work on the dig.
(d) He has family in the Soviet Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where is Kathryn thinking of moving to with Tap?

2. To what does Volterra attribute the cult killings at the end of Chapter 8?

3. What country is David Keller going to be air-dropped into in Chapter 5?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, James goes into a tavern to ask about what?

5. What simple fact of commonality gives Owen comfort in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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