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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the presumptive writer of Chapter 14?
(a) Singh.
(b) Eliades.
(c) Tap Axton.
(d) Owen Brademas.

2. Who does James spend much of Chapter 13 trying to find?
(a) Eliades.
(b) Rowser.
(c) David Keller.
(d) Ann.

3. What are James and Ann doing at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Making love.
(b) Visiting the Acropolis.
(c) Saying goodbye to Charles.
(d) Packing up his flat.

4. In Chapter 11, the Keller's, Hardeman and James decide what is the defining characteristic that determines how history books portray rebelling individuals?
(a) Race.
(b) Success.
(c) Nation.
(d) Tactics

5. The second time James goes to the Mani in Chapter 8, who does he learn passed through the area recently?
(a) Three women.
(b) A group of thirty.
(c) Five men and women.
(d) Two women and a man.

6. What does Rowser fixate on as he talks with James in Chapter 11?
(a) The clear blue sky.
(b) Architecture.
(c) His shoes.
(d) Lunch.

7. What does Owen admit he failed to learn about the cult in Chapter 12?
(a) Their methodology.
(b) Their name.
(c) Their origins.
(d) Their leader.

8. James travels to all of the following locations except which?
(a) Lahore.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Hawa Mandir.
(d) Jerusalem.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how does James decide his son's life in British Columbia must be?
(a) Dull.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Educational.

10. Who is Andahl?
(a) Anand's friend.
(b) A cult member.
(c) Another analyst from Northeast Group.
(d) Kathryn's new lover.

11. To what does Volterra attribute the cult killings at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Psychosexual fantasy.
(b) Cultural revenge.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Religious fervor.

12. Whom does James tell he is resigning in Chapter 13?
(a) Charles.
(b) Mrs. Helen.
(c) Kathryn.
(d) Rowser.

13. What does Charles specifically - and mistakenly - congratulate James for in Chapter 13?
(a) Making a fortune in kickbacks.
(b) Quitting the Northeast Group.
(c) Courting Ann.
(d) Winning custody of Tap.

14. What does Orville Benton do in the final moments of the novel?
(a) He speaks in tongues.
(b) He flees the church.
(c) He sets fire to a bail of hay.
(d) He dies.

15. Where is Tap Axton living at the end of the novel?
(a) Lahore.
(b) Athens.
(c) London.
(d) British Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary feature of the village of Hawa Mandir?

2. Which of the following is not a character that James Axton meets in person?

3. Why is James unable to get information from the patrons of the tavern in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 10, where does James hear that Eliades is moving?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Owen look at Rajsamand Lake?

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