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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 13, what reason does James think Eliades have for seducing Ann?
(a) To kill Charles.
(b) To gain US citizenship.
(c) To get closer to James.
(d) To learn American customs.

4. What is James doing when he hears gunshots in Chapter 13?
(a) Talking to Tap on the phone.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Having lunch.
(d) Jogging.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bodies are with Owen when he is discovered at the end of Chapter 12?

2. What is different about James and Ann in Chapter 11?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Owen mistake James for?

4. James travels to all of the following locations except which?

5. Which of the following characters is definitely a member of the cult?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does James seduce Janet Ruffing at the end of Chapter 9?

2. What prank do the Kellers and James try to play on Hardeman in Chapter 11?

3. What point about the murders does Andahl make in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 12, why does Owen go to Lake Rajsamand?

5. How did Del Nearing and Frank Volterra meet?

6. How does James follow up on his Mani discovery later in Chapter 8?

7. How has Rowser become more paranoid in Chapter 11?

8. What is different about Chapter 14 from the rest of the novel?

9. What does James Axton learn in Bombay early in Chapter 11?

10. How does James find a new sense of comfortable stasis at the end of the novel?

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