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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bee Eater & Of Death and Life, pp. 87-171.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the early inhabitants of Makor talk about building a dike?
(a) To store irrigation water.
(b) To create a bridge between islands.
(c) To protect their wheat against floods.
(d) To separate their land from their neighbors'.

2. In the first chapter, the archaeologists are sure they've found the castle they're looking for in _____.
(a) Row 1.
(b) Trench B.
(c) Row 2.
(d) Trench A.

3. Cullinane and the staff begin digging at Makor hoping to find what, among other things?
(a) Turkish minaret.
(b) Lost city of Atlantis.
(c) Crusader castle.
(d) Ancient pyramid.

4. To keep his funding for the dig, Cullinane knows he has to produce what?
(a) Scrolls.
(b) Legends.
(c) Gold.
(d) Results.

5. In the midst of writing about Makor's earliest inhabitants, the author jumps forward to the present. What does he say Cullinane is doing while Vered is in Chicago?
(a) Putting together a progress report on the first year of the dig.
(b) Reprimanding workers who are leaking information to the press.
(c) Making plans to dig a dozen more trenches.
(d) Talking with sponsors to procure more funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Cullinane is attracted to Vered Bar-el, but she is not interested in him since she's already engaged to whom?

2. As the book opens, Dr. John Cullinane arrives where?

3. In 2200 B.C.E., Makor is ruled by whom?

4. Urbaal believes his statues were stolen by whom?

5. Why does Urbaal buy a statue of the goddess Astarte?

(see the answer key)

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