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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anand confide to James about Owen in Chapter 4?
(a) He is continuing to run the dig to defraud the university of money.
(b) He has had more contact with the cave people than he lets on.
(c) He is sleeping with Kathryn.
(d) He has forged his academic credentials.

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what items are the Maitlands stockpiling?
(a) Papyrus prints.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Rugs.
(d) Reliquaries.

3. What specific problem is Volterra having with his excursions in Chapter 6?
(a) He has no means of transportation.
(b) Local authories don't like him investigating.
(c) He lost his return ticket to the States.
(d) His passport is nearly expired.

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

5. What location is Owen visiting when he meets the two strange men in the tomb caves?
(a) A citadel.
(b) An observatory.
(c) An arena.
(d) A monastery.

6. What does James admit to Kathryn as they walk together in Chapter 2?
(a) He thinks the dig is a waste.
(b) He is jealous of Owen.
(c) He fantasizes about her.
(d) He is seeing someone new.

7. In Chapter 5, what has Volterra recently done that has made headlines?
(a) Lost a huge sum of money at Pachinko.
(b) Punched an Iranian ambassador.
(c) Walked off his own movie set.
(d) Slept with a Persian princess.

8. What attribute of the cult do Owen and James realize in Chapter 7?
(a) It is comprised only of men.
(b) It is comprised of different cells.
(c) It only travels by night.
(d) It only kills during the solstice.

9. What is the subject of Volterra's breakout documentary?
(a) His affair with an again Manhattanite.
(b) The savings-and-load scandal
(c) The last days of his dying father.
(d) A wildfire in the Ardens.

10. What European city does James Axton have an apartment in?
(a) Athens.
(b) West Berlin.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

11. About what does James needle Kathryn at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The importance of the dig.
(b) Her relationship with Owen.
(c) Tap's schooling.
(d) His feelings for her.

12. Which of the following is a spook-like practice that Rowser takes in his daily life?
(a) He never sleeps in the same hotel room twice.
(b) He never sits with his back to a door.
(c) He travels under assumed names.
(d) He wears gloves all the time.

13. Looking at the methodology of the cult in Chapter 7, James realizes that the actual murders are what?
(a) Mercy killings.
(b) Afterthoughts.
(c) Accidental.
(d) Suicides.

14. During their argument in Chapter 5, what does Kathryn call James?
(a) A fascist.
(b) A womanizer.
(c) An alcoholic.
(d) A fool.

15. In Chapter 1, where does James tell Kathryn he has been doing most of his work?
(a) Turkey.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Poland.
(d) Algeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business does Volterra want to run when his film career ends?

2. In Chapter 3, what trip does James discuss with Rowser?

3. Why did Owen Brademas promote Kathryn so quickly?

4. What is Anand's profession?

5. What city is James in at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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