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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what area of the woods do Chris and David go?
(a) Where the water well was in place
(b) Where there had been a footbridge
(c) Where there had been a ferry
(d) Where the castle wall once stood

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

3. Why is Chris shocked when David stumbles in the woods?
(a) David falls into a snake nest
(b) David breaks his arm
(c) He reveals the foundation of a tower just where Kramer said it was
(d) David falls in a well

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

5. Where has a new discovery been made at the site?
(a) Grid 7
(b) Grid 4
(c) Grid 1
(d) Under some wreckage at the tower

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

7. Why does Chris pout after rowing Kate over to the site of the new discovery?
(a) She says he is never going to find the love of his life with his behavior
(b) She laughs about Sophie
(c) She says he'd be better off gay
(d) She rejects his advances

8. What did scientists believe they had done at the end of the century mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Invented everything that was important
(b) Figured how diseases happened
(c) Set human beings on a course to immortality
(d) Drawn an accurate picture of the world

9. What kind of car is Dan Baker driving?
(a) Jeep
(b) Mercedes
(c) F-150
(d) Forester

10. Who is Edwardus de Johnes?
(a) Arnaut's second in command
(b) The prior of the monastery that Arnaut destroys
(c) The inventor of the vamous water mill on the Dordogne
(d) A mysterious figure with a mythical reputation

11. Who is Joseph Traub?
(a) A Navajo shaman
(b) The deputy sheriff who investigates the case
(c) An old time friend of Liz Baker
(d) A well-known physicist

12. Where does Andry Marek take Diane Kramer?
(a) To answer questions about Traub
(b) On a helicopter tour of the Dordogne Project site
(c) To dinner
(d) To show her a diagram that explains Quantum flex

13. On whom is Kramer to apply pressure?
(a) Feynman
(b) Johnston
(c) Tsosis
(d) Wauneka

14. What is unique about Marek's language knowledge?
(a) He is very good at distinguishing meanings of a word that has several nuances
(b) He can read texts that are written in heretofore unknown dialects
(c) He can instantly translate texts into modern English
(d) He can speak as well as read the languages of the European Middle Ages

15. Where does Dr. Beverly Tsosie usually work?
(a) Albuquerque University Hospital
(b) Santa Fe General
(c) Flagstaff Regional Hospital
(d) Sedona General Hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. What lessons does Marek take?

2. What happens if Marek does not get past the t-bar quickly enough?

3. Where is Katherine Erickson studying?

4. Who annoys Chris at dinner in Sarlat?

5. What caused Chris' grades to drop at one time during his school career?

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