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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Island, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Tap, Kathryn and James travel to the dig in Chapter 2?
(a) They walk.
(b) They take a cab.
(c) They take a bus.
(d) They take the train.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Owen admit is the only thing he wants to do with his life?
(a) Teach in a comfortable university.
(b) Pretend to do work in the trenches.
(c) Sleep all day long.
(d) Read ancient stones.

3. When did Kathryn begin her work with Owen?
(a) While in college.
(b) Immediately after she and James were married.
(c) After separating from James.
(d) Immediately after moving to Europe.

4. In Chapter 1, what word does Kathryn bet James that Tap knows?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Demagogue.
(c) Gale.
(d) Dervish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, James says that Kathryn once attacked him with what household item?

2. After James drops Anand and Rajiv off in Chapter 4, what does Tap request they do?

3. In Chapter 4, where does Owen think the cave people have gone?

4. Near the end of Chapter 3, David and James discuss unrest in what region?

5. What European city does James Axton have an apartment in?

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