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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the FBI agent on duty in the Armory Division reading?
2. How long did the Crown Heights riot last a few years before?
3. What is the purpose of the moles' banging on the pipes?
4. Where does Pendergast tell D'Agosta he must go after the fiasco of Jeffery's interview?
5. What time is the drainage sequence scheduled for initiation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the side effects of "glaze"? What might such side effects do to a person's psyche?
2. How does Pendergast use his shocking albinism to "blend in" with the outcasts of society in the tunnels? What other methods does he employ, and how is he successful?
3. One of the subway passengers chooses suicide over being at the mercy of his attackers. What does this indicate to you about the attackers?
4. How does Margo plan to figure out what Greg had been doing in his warehouse laboratory?
5. What do you think are Pendergast's true intentions in leaving Margo behind when he, Mephisto, and D'Agosta try to destroy the Wrinklers?
6. Do you think that Bill Smithback is being used by Anette Wisher as a tool to carry out her own plans? Why do you think so? Cite examples from the text to support your explanation.
7. What do Margo's lab findings on the reovirus seem to indicate? How do these findings translate to the infection of humans?
8. What is the true nature of the ritual Kawakita established among the Wrinklers?
9. What is a seemingly positive side effect of the reovirus infection? What might this mean to future testing?
10. What would be the far-reaching effects of drowning the Wrinklers in the manner mentioned in Chapter 40?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Margo, Pendergast, and D'Agosta discovered the Mbwun lily growing in the Reservoir. Their fear is suddenly magnified by this discovery. What causes their fear? What do they believe will happen, and how do they think this event will come to fruition?
Essay Topic 2
Frock is unmasked as the shaman, the man behind the propagation of the Wrinklers. Why is this such a shock to the people trying to stop the Wrinklers? In hindsight, does it make sense? What reasoning does Frock give for his transgressions? Do you feel he has a valid point, or do you think he's simply another drug addict? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Hayward is an interesting character, a woman of strength, confidence and utter self-assurance. Margo is strong, but in different ways with different approaches to problem solving. Compare/contrast Margo and Hayward, particularly their strengths and weaknesses. What does each character contribute to the storyline?
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