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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 does the waiter bring to Margo and Smithback along with their drinks in Chapter 15?
(a) A bowl of filberts.
(b) A bowl of peanuts.
(c) A bowl of crackers.
(d) A bowl of popcorn.

2. What color is the powder that the mystery man in Chapter 8 mixes with water?
(a) Cyan.
(b) Light jade.
(c) Vermilion.
(d) Sulfur yellow.

3. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?
(a) Flowers for Algernon.
(b) Beyond Ragoon.
(c) The Dunciad.
(d) A Poet's Maze.

4. What is the name of the waterway in which Snow goes on his first dive?
(a) Hudson River.
(b) Cloaca Maxima.
(c) Cripple Creek.
(d) Ohio River.

5. What metaphor is used to describe the Reservoir in Chapter 16?
(a) It was a slightly curved smile on the face of New York.
(b) It was a mirror of deep reflection.
(c) It was a shimmering ribbon of sequins.
(d) It was a sheet of beaten gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story won Smithback great accolades?

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

3. What was on the pair of athletic socks found at the site of the first homeless murder?

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

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

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