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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what does Volterra talk to Owen about?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) His dig.
(c) His relationship with Kathryn.
(d) The language cult.

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

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

5. Why does Charles Maitland get angry at James at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) James breaks a lamp.
(b) James makes fun of Charles's baldness.
(c) James guesses who Ann is sleeping with.
(d) James leaves early.

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

7. In Chapter 7, what does James accuse Owen of doing?
(a) Misleading Volterra.
(b) Purposely sabotaging the dig.
(c) Sleeping with Kathryn.
(d) Hating him.

8. With whom does Eliades talk throughout most of dinner in Chapter 3?
(a) Lindsay Keller.
(b) The Bordens.
(c) James.
(d) Ann Maitland.

9. Why is James concerned about Tap in Chapter 1?
(a) He wants Tap to return to the United States.
(b) He is concerned about Tap's refusal to learn Greek.
(c) He is concerned Tap is too attached to Owen.
(d) He does not know where he's attending school in September.

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

11. 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.

12. According to Owen in Chapter 5, what has America become?
(a) A bully.
(b) A myth.
(c) A god.
(d) A past empire.

13. Where does Kathryn accept a job at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Wales.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Cancun.
(d) British Columbia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a city James says he will be visiting in Chapter 2?

2. What favorite activity has Charles Maitland given up on in Chapter 4?

3. What is Anand's profession?

4. How does Kathryn describe her and James' post-separation relationship in Chapter 2?

5. Which of the following is not a tactic Kathryn used to learn Greek?

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