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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris think about Kate at dinner in Sarlat?
(a) She is plainer than he at first thought
(b) She is very witty
(c) She's more attractive than he realized
(d) She is condescending

2. Why does Chris add fortifications to the model he makes?
(a) He found some heavy beams in the area where he works and believes they prove the mill was fortified
(b) Because they want to try some of the hurling machines against something that is realistic
(c) He think it is the way the architect would have made it because of the principles of physics known back then
(d) Because of the state of war at the time the model represents

3. Where in Europe is a reporter nosing into ITC projects?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) England
(d) Belgium

4. Why does the police officer inspect the Baker's vehicle?
(a) Because the tag is expired
(b) Because there is a long scratch down one side
(c) For evidence that they hit the old man
(d) To see if there are any more clues to his identity

5. Who does Professor Johnston say funds the excavation efforts?
(a) ITC
(b) Government grants from about eight different countries
(c) Mostly the French government
(d) Mostly the Universities involved

6. What is the subject of Chris Hughes' doctoral dissertation?
(a) Medieval water mills
(b) The use of hoisting technology in sieges in the Middle Ages
(c) Fabrics of the middle ages
(d) The impact of the bubonic plague on wars

7. How does Katherine react when the Professor hands her the map mailed to them by Wauneka?
(a) Stunned
(b) Incredulous
(c) Angry
(d) Disbelieving

8. Upon what is Liz intent to acquire?
(a) A new ceremonial dru
(b) An authentic Kachina rattle
(c) An authentic Navajo weaving
(d) A sample of a meteorite that hit near there

9. Who is Richard Feynman?
(a) A physicist who postulated about quantum computers
(b) An investigator with the FBI
(c) A doctor who is suspicious of Traub's death
(d) Traub's brother-in-law who is suspicious about Traub's death

10. Where is Katherine Erickson studying?
(a) Yale
(b) Oxford
(c) Duke
(d) MIT

11. What does the Professor insist upon doing with Kramer?
(a) Flying back to the ITC headquarters
(b) Walking the site
(c) Looking at the budget and time frames
(d) Going over the site plans

12. Where is the ITC headquartered?
(a) Los Alamos, NM
(b) Flagstaff, AZ
(c) Santa Fe, NM
(d) Black Rock, NM

13. Which century is referred to in the first sentence of the Introduction?
(a) 21st
(b) 22nd
(c) 19th
(d) 20th

14. What is the man wearing that lies beside the road where Dan and Liz are driving?
(a) Nothing
(b) A suit and tie
(c) Robes like a monk
(d) Navajo ceremonial dress

15. What does the Professor believe ITC has done at the site?
(a) Done an independent site analysis
(b) Planted things that do not belong there
(c) Sabotaged several small digs
(d) Bribed the French government

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Marek use a quintain he designed?

2. What does Stern find with the view from the helicopter?

3. What does Louise Delvert question about the excavation?

4. What did scientists believe they had done at the end of the century mentioned in the Introduction?

5. Where does Dr. Beverly Tsosie usually work?

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