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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. Why did Owen Brademas promote Kathryn so quickly?
(a) She was sleeping with him.
(b) She thinks she is a prodigy.
(c) His workers were quitting.
(d) She helped him get a book published.

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 makes fun of Charles's baldness.
(c) James breaks a lamp.
(d) James leaves early.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 5, James says that people love to give Kathryn what?
(a) Their phone numbers.
(b) Shirts.
(c) Greeting cards.
(d) Personal secrets.

4. What city is James in at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Athens.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Zagreb.
(d) Rome.

5. On what topic does James engage his landlord in Chapter 10?
(a) Greek riots.
(b) The World Cup.
(c) Sex.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location is Owen visiting when he meets the two strange men in the tomb caves?

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

3. How do Tap, Kathryn and James travel to the dig in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 11, what Indian town is Owen living in?

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

(see the answer key)

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