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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scares Owen about religion?
(a) Masses of people with the same emotion.
(b) The wars it engenders.
(c) The non-governmental hierarchy.
(d) The iconography.

2. About whom does James dream about in Chapter 6?
(a) Del.
(b) Kathryn.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Vosdanik.

3. After James drops Anand and Rajiv off in Chapter 4, what does Tap request they do?
(a) Go home immediately.
(b) Drive around a while.
(c) Get some gelato.
(d) Go to the Acropolis for the sunset.

4. Why did James decline to work with Northeast Group initially?
(a) He felt he was over-qualified.
(b) He did not want to leave Kathryn.
(c) He did not trust Rowser.
(d) He dislikes air travel.

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

6. Which of the following is not a city James says he will be visiting in Chapter 2?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Karachi.

7. In Chapter 7, Owen claims to be good at finding what when studying faith?
(a) Logic.
(b) Etymology.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Fault.

8. What danger do Tap and James encounter when they go hiking in Chapter 5?
(a) A crazy itinerant.
(b) Bees.
(c) Sunstroke.
(d) A thunderstorm.

9. In Chapter 4, James marvels that he can barely read the Greek writing on what?
(a) A gyro stand menu.
(b) His passport stamp.
(c) A rail map.
(d) A box of oatmeal.

10. What business does Volterra want to run when his film career ends?
(a) A primary school.
(b) An advertising firm.
(c) A 7-11.
(d) A dry cleaners.

11. What do the dig's trenches overlap?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) An olive grove.
(c) A pear orchard.
(d) A playground.

12. 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 breaks a lamp.
(d) James makes fun of Charles's baldness.

13. At the end of Chapter 2, why does Owen reason that he won't be able to find his cave-dwellers again?
(a) They can navigate caves with ease.
(b) They have moved on.
(c) They don't want to be found.
(d) He is scared to look for them.

14. What item does James buy as soon as he arrives in Amman in Chapter 6?
(a) A map.
(b) A copy of the Koran.
(c) A phrasebook.
(d) A bottle of sunscreen.

15. In Chapter 1, what does James say is the only thing he can remember in Greek?
(a) Foods.
(b) Bathroom.
(c) Directions.
(d) Numbers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many items are on the list James reads to Kathryn at the end of Chapter 1?

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

4. In Chapter 5, what does Volterra talk to Owen about?

5. In what part of his apartment is James at the end of Chapter 3?

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