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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two languages are spoken throughout the novel?
(a) French and Spanish.
(b) Italian and English.
(c) Spanish and English.
(d) French and English.

2. What is the main subject matter of the lecture Jeannotte gives Brennan in Chapter 9?
(a) Fundamentalism.
(b) Proper handling of rare materials.
(c) The Nicolet family.
(d) Satan myths.

3. Who calls Brennan at three in the morning at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Sister Julienne
(b) Father Menard.
(c) Pierre LaManche.
(d) Her father.

4. Why do people stay away from the swamp on Murtry Island?
(a) It smells like something rotting.
(b) Alice, the crocodile, just had babies.
(c) The bugs are overwhelming.
(d) It is used for drug trafficking.

5. In Chapter 14, who talks Brennan into helping Ryan?
(a) Katy.
(b) LaManche.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan find strange about the victims in Chapter 2?

2. In a conversation with the parents of the murder victims from St-Jovite, Ryan learns that a man came to see the parents of the twins shortly after they were born. What does the grandfather compare him to?

3. Why are the detectives having difficulty finding out who lived in the house that burned down?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Brennan learn about Elisabeth's mother?

5. Who is Bird to Brennan?

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