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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Prairie, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James wish he could do at the end of the night in Chapter 2?
(a) Sleep an entire day.
(b) Catch a boat to the mainland.
(c) Follow Kathryn to the bedroom.
(d) Get another drink with Owen.

2. How many bodies are with Owen when he is discovered at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

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

4. Where was James living when Rowser first offered him a job?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Toronto.

5. What almost happens to Volterra in the humorous personal story he tells in Chapter 9?
(a) He almost falls asleep in a conference with an emir.
(b) He almost goes home with a transvestite.
(c) He is almost trampled by goats.
(d) He almost falls off a rock precipice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual thing do the Keller's do late at night in Chapter 3?

2. What holiday is approaching at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 1, what word does Kathryn bet James that Tap knows?

4. In Chapter 6, Vosdanik explains that to the cult of lonely men, words are the vessels of what?

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

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