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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. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.
(a) They were planted there by Eliav as a prank.
(b) None are from the time period of the castle.
(c) These items went missing the next day.
(d) All these items came from Persia.

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

3. Urbaal believes his statues were stolen by whom?
(a) Timna.
(b) Sumino.
(c) Amalek.
(d) Joktan.

4. Why is Urbaal killed?
(a) So that his house could be used by the priests.
(b) He killed a man.
(c) So that his wife could marry another.
(d) He kidnapped the king's daughter.

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

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. While Cullinane and his associates work on the excavation site, they live and eat where?

3. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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