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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?
(a) That the deaths aren't linked at all.
(b) That the murders are definitely attributable to the homeless population.
(c) That the murders are the work of a serial killer.
(d) That a cult might be committing the murders.

2. How much is the reward for information into the murders?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $50,000.

3. What does Pendergast say is the largest inhabited region on earth that remains unmapped?
(a) Underground New York.
(b) Outer Mongolia.
(c) Antipodes.
(d) Milwaukee.

4. How does the pool secretary describe the clothing that Smithback's informant was wearing?
(a) A shroud.
(b) Neat as a pin.
(c) Preppy.
(d) Rags.

5. What story won Smithback great accolades?
(a) The Mbwun story.
(b) The Mkwan story.
(c) The Mrable story.
(d) The Muskrat story.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what bar does Smithback make his phone call in Chapter 6?

2. What does the trio find in the cubby where the second headless body was found?

3. What is Snow looking for after a police shootout?

4. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?

5. What kind of tests were run on the two skeletons found in the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the homeless referred to as "moles"?

2. Why does Hayward say the tunnels are dangerous? Cite examples from the text.

3. To what does Dr. Frock attribute the Mbwun's existence and its unlikely appearance in New York?

4. Why do you think people of so many disciplines are called in to examine the two skeletons found in the river?

5. What do you think is the importance of the New York Museum of Natural History to the storyline?

6. What is Brambell's theory about what animal is responsible for the teeth marks on Pamela Wisher's bones? How does this change the direction of the investigation?

7. When Mephisto gives Smithback the nickname "scriblerian," what does he imply?

8. What purpose might an evolutionary biologist and a biologist whose specialty is genetics serve to the police in this story?

9. What seems to be the reason that the unknown character in Chapter 8 holds the Ceremony?

10. What is the history of Mbwun, and why is it assumed that these killings might relate to the events surrounding this creature?

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