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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Ann Maitland give James when she has dinner with James in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Charles has a new job.
(b) Hardeman has died.
(c) She is leaving Greece.
(d) Her son is getting married.

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

3. Where is James at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Montenegro.
(b) Rhodes.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Cyprus.

4. Who leads James to Owen's place in Lahore at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Owen's assistant.
(b) His driver.
(c) Two young boys.
(d) Anand Das.

5. On what topic does Sigh repeatedly expound in the Chapter 12?
(a) The Hindu firmament.
(b) American foreign policy.
(c) Life and death.
(d) The desert.

6. Which of the following Chapter 12 characters is grievously ill?
(a) Singh.
(b) Bhajan Lal.
(c) Emmerich.
(d) Bern.

7. Who is the character of Orville Benton based on?
(a) Singh.
(b) Don DeLillo.
(c) James.
(d) Owen.

8. Which of the following items is among the foods James and Eliades eat in Chapter 10?
(a) Feet.
(b) Hair.
(c) Genitals.
(d) Brains.

9. Why is James unable to get information from the patrons of the tavern in Chapter 8?
(a) The door to the tavern is closed.
(b) His Greek is not good enough.
(c) The patrons refuse to talk to him.
(d) Tap keeps interrupting him.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Volterra tell Andahl is James' profession?
(a) Archaeologist.
(b) Historian.
(c) Linguist.
(d) Writer.

11. What reason does James offer in Chapter 10 for Greece's continued buffeting by stronger powers historically?
(a) Its isolationism.
(b) Its weak military.
(c) Its central location.
(d) Its olive crops.

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

13. Who is the cult's victim in Hawa Mandir?
(a) A German tourist.
(b) An old man.
(c) A homeless woman.
(d) A crippled boy.

14. In Chapter 10, where does James hear that Eliades is moving?
(a) London.
(b) Delhi.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

15. In the beginning of Chapter 10, David Keller cannot understand why he misses what?
(a) His college days.
(b) Casual business acquaintances.
(c) His first wife.
(d) The dangerous countries he visits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the presumptive writer of Chapter 14?

2. What monument figures prominently in both the beginning and the end of the novel?

3. With what does Singh equate cities in Chapter 12?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, James goes into a tavern to ask about what?

5. Who is shot in Chapter 13?

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