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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. What religious festival do Owen, Kathryn and James discuss in Chapter 2?
(a) The Virgin's Feast.
(b) The Tomatina.
(c) Whit Monday.
(d) The Yule Log Festival.

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

3. What offer does James make to Charles in Chapter 4?
(a) He'll talk to Ann for him.
(b) He'll arrange a trip to Karachi for him.
(c) He'll talk to Rowser for him.
(d) He'll take him out for an evening of drinking.

4. What simple fact of commonality gives Owen comfort in Chapter 2?
(a) He shares goals with the remaining workers on the dig.
(b) He understands the democracy of Greece.
(c) He has friends on Kouros.
(d) He is still in Europe.

5. What does James steal from the fridge at his wife's apartment in Chapter 1?
(a) Celery.
(b) A beer.
(c) Yogurt.
(d) A sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what monument do James Axton and his friends discuss?

2. What information does Kathryn give about the murder victim at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 4, James marvels that he can barely read the Greek writing on what?

4. At dinner in Chapter 3, the expatriates decide that traveling is like collecting what?

5. Why is Kathryn Maitland living on the island of Kouros?

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