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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Margo begun to carry in her purse?
(a) A pistol.
(b) An emergency credit card.
(c) Mace.
(d) Lipstick.

2. What is a Stumpiniceps troglodytes?
(a) A small, odoriferous reptile of the Cretaceous period.
(b) A tree-dwelling serpent from the Triassic period.
(c) A rodent, much like a mouse, from the Carboniferous period.
(d) An oceanic bottom-feeder of the Carboniferous period.

3. What was on the pair of athletic socks found at the site of the first homeless murder?
(a) Mold.
(b) Mud.
(c) Blood.
(d) Rat droppings.

4. What do Nick and Tanya do with their champagne glasses once they are empty?
(a) They refill them.
(b) The wrap them carefully for future celebrations.
(c) They throw them into the pond.
(d) They smash them on the stones.

5. What is another name given to the homeless population in the tunnels?
(a) Filth.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Hobos.
(d) Moles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What odor does Smithback detect when following his informant into the small hole?

2. What is the name of the waterway in which Snow goes on his first dive?

3. What story won Smithback great accolades?

4. What is the name of the curator for the New York Museum of Natural History?

5. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?

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