2. What happens to the King of Loredo?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He dies in battle.
(c) He is beheaded.
(d) He surrenders immediately to Hannegan.

3. What does God do to the prince in the myth of the Flame Deluge?
(a) saves him when the prince repents
(b) sentences him to walk the Earth eternally
(c) banishes him to Purgatory
(d) slays him

4. What does Zerchi do to Cors after the girl and her baby go to the mercy camp?
(a) He excommunicates him.
(b) He promises to allow him access to the abbey.
(c) He hits him.
(d) He forgives him.

5. Who enters the dining hall at the end of Chapter 20 to see Taddeo?
(a) the Old Jew
(b) the Poet
(c) the Pope
(d) a messenger from Hannegan

6. Whose skull does Zerchi see as he lays dying?
(a) the Old Jew's
(b) the Poet's
(c) Emily's
(d) Francis'

7. Who steals one of the officers' drawings?
(a) Kornhoer
(b) Gault
(c) the Poet
(d) Paulo

8. How does Taddeo react to Kornhoer's invention?
(a) with amazed interest
(b) with boredom
(c) with horror
(d) with distain

9. What does Rachel refuse from Zerchi?
(a) last rites
(b) food and water
(c) communion
(d) baptism

10. What does Mad Bear drink?
(a) goat's blood
(b) steer's blood
(c) chicken's blood
(d) pig's blood

11. What does the shaman admire about the monks?
(a) how craftily they avoid capture
(b) how delicious they taste
(c) how well they endure torture
(d) how well they battle

12. What does the Defense Minister say about reports of increased radiation levels and nuclear testing?
(a) He says that nucear bomb tests are being conducted but that they are safe.
(b) He says the increase is due to natural phenomena.
(c) He says that the report of increased radiation is false.
(d) He responds that nuclear testing is illegal.

13. What name does the Old Jew go by in Chapter 25?
(a) Cane
(b) Lazarus
(c) Adam
(d) Benjamin

14. How does the Poet die?
(a) He runs out of water while he is lost in the desert.
(b) He is shot while stabbing an officer who is trying to capture refugees.
(c) He is hanged for treason.
(d) He commits suicide.

15. Why is Zerchi late to give Mrs. Grales confession?
(a) He forgets about the appointment.
(b) He must post bail.
(c) He must calm down the other monks.
(d) He must make his own confession.