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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 is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?
(a) Bill Smithback.
(b) Marion Ross.
(c) Bryce Harriman.
(d) Bob Wisher.

2. What does Hayward tell Waxie and D'Agosta to watch for in the lower level?
(a) That they don't step in feces.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) That they avoid the third rail.
(d) That they don't get piped.

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

4. What is blastomycosis?
(a) An explosion of broken glass.
(b) A fungal infection.
(c) A rare cancer.
(d) A stage in the growth of a zygote.

5. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?
(a) Rabid dogs.
(b) Rats.
(c) The third rail.
(d) Mentally ill inhabitants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the average number of murders a day in the past year in New York as mentioned in Chapter 14?

2. What story won Smithback great accolades?

3. Why does Margo say she likes Smithback's second article on Pamela Wisher?

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

5. Which character had a crush on Smithback?

(see the answer key)

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