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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Desert, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about James and Ann in Chapter 11?
(a) They are deeply concerned with Charles.
(b) They refuse to talk to each other.
(c) They both have the flu.
(d) They are romantically involved.

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

3. What event precipitated the separation of the Axtons?
(a) James insulted Kathryn's writing.
(b) Kathryn developed a drinking problem.
(c) James slept with one of Kathryn's friends.
(d) Kathryn had a prolonged affair with Owen.

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

5. Why is James concerned about Tap in Chapter 1?
(a) He is concerned Tap is too attached to Owen.
(b) He wants Tap to return to the United States.
(c) He is concerned about Tap's refusal to learn Greek.
(d) He does not know where he's attending school in September.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Owen admit is the only thing he wants to do with his life?

2. What does James do in Chapter 8 to forget about the cult one sleepless night?

3. With whom does Eliades talk throughout most of dinner in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 11, the Keller's, Hardeman and James decide what is the defining characteristic that determines how history books portray rebelling individuals?

5. How many bodies are with Owen when he is discovered at the end of Chapter 12?

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