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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. With what other character does Hardeman work?
(a) Rowser.
(b) Kathryn.
(c) Eliades.
(d) Owen.

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, what is Volterra unsure of regarding his possible documentary?
(a) Whether he wants to reveal the faces of the cultists.
(b) Whether he wants to carry a gun while filming.
(c) Whether he wants to show the cult killing.
(d) Whether he wants to report the cult to local authorities.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Charles specifically - and mistakenly - congratulate James for in Chapter 13?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Volterra tell Andahl is James' profession?

5. What activity does James join David Keller in at the end of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the political argument that James and Eliades have in Chapter 10.

2. In Chapter 8, what does James see in Mani that shakes him up?

3. What unsettling information does Ann Maitland tell James in Chapter 10?

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

5. How does James learn the truth behind the CIA in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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