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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. What false promise does Andahl make before parting ways with Volterra in Chapter 9?
(a) To set up a meeting with the cult's leader.
(b) To introduce him to his cell.
(c) To let him film a ritual murder.
(d) To reveal the location of the next killing.

2. What is the first thing Singh asks Owen in Chapter 12?
(a) What his name is.
(b) Where he is from.
(c) How many languages he speaks.
(d) Why he is in Hawa Mandir.

3. What is Janet Ruffing doing when James decides to sleep with her in Chapter 9?
(a) Telling a dirty joke.
(b) Preparing a salad.
(c) Taking a nap on the beach.
(d) Belly-dancing.

4. Which of the following is not a character that James Axton meets in person?
(a) Del Nearing.
(b) Anand Das.
(c) Vosdanik.
(d) Singh.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andahl refused to divulge about the cult in Chapter 9?

2. What are Rowser's plans as he talks to James at the end of Chapter 11?

3. What are James and Ann doing at the end of Chapter 13?

4. What puts fear into James as he drives through the Mani in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 8, what does David Keller suggest he and James do in Frankfurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Andahl give about the cult in Chapter 9?

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

3. What unfortunate occurrence happens to David Keller in Chapter 13?

4. How is Chapter 14 connected thematically to the rest of the novel?

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

6. What traumatic experience happens to Orville Benton in Chapter 14?

7. Where is Volterra in his planning for the cult film at the end of Chapter 8?

8. How does DeLillo illustrate James' awkward relationship with his landlord in Chapter 10?

9. What transpires during James' evening with Del Nearing in Chapter 10?

10. What admission does James make to Lindsay Keller in Chapter 13?

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