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

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

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

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

5. Who is Hardeman?
(a) Ann Maitland's lover.
(b) An embassy worker.
(c) A worker on Owen's dig.
(d) Another Northeast Group analyst.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orville Benton do in the final moments of the novel?

2. Who tells James Owen's address in Chapter 11?

3. How does the congregation react to Orville's inability to speak in tongues in Chapter 14?

4. Where is Tap Axton living at the end of the novel?

5. In Chapter 13, what reason does James think Eliades have for seducing Ann?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Owen look in Chapter 12?

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

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

9. What does Singh say about the desert in Chapter 12?

10. What offer does David Keller make James in Chapter 8, and how does James respond?

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