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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James in Chapter 1, what does Kathryn think life should be?
(a) An education.
(b) A dream.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A struggle.

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

3. What event precipitated the separation of the Axtons?
(a) Kathryn had a prolonged affair with Owen.
(b) James insulted Kathryn's writing.
(c) Kathryn developed a drinking problem.
(d) James slept with one of Kathryn's friends.

4. In Chapter 5, what does James say that Lindsay Keller avoids doing?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Making plans.
(c) Making assuptions about others.
(d) Flirting.

5. Who joins James and Ann at lunch at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Ann's son.
(b) Charles's aunt.
(c) Ann's sister.
(d) James's nephew.

6. 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 has family in the Soviet Union.
(d) He used to work on the dig.

7. What country is Volterra likely in, in Chapter 5?
(a) Mozambique.
(b) Israel.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Jordan.

8. What unusual thing do the Keller's do late at night in Chapter 3?
(a) Drive their car off the road.
(b) Leave for Portugal on a whim.
(c) Swim in their clothes.
(d) Make love on the beach.

9. What country is David Keller going to be air-dropped into in Chapter 5?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Iran.
(d) Congo.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Where does Volterra need to travel to meet a possible cult member in Chapter 6?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Dubai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious festival do Owen, Kathryn and James discuss in Chapter 2?

2. When did Kathryn begin her work with Owen?

3. What one aspect of Owen's experience are the men of his story interested in?

4. What danger do Tap and James encounter when they go hiking in Chapter 5?

5. With whom does Eliades talk throughout most of dinner in Chapter 3?

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