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

2. What is the name of the curator for the New York Museum of Natural History?
(a) Bill Smithback.
(b) Simon Brambell.
(c) Olivia Meriam.
(d) Margo Green.

3. What is the name of the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?
(a) Emmaline Spragg.
(b) Sy Hagedorn.
(c) Margo Green.
(d) Greg Kawakita.

4. What does Smithback's informant say his name is?
(a) Goose.
(b) Tail Gunner.
(c) Trail Blazer.
(d) Mephisto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of philosophy is the following phrase attributed? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

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

3. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?

4. What is the nickname given for the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?

5. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?

(see the answer key)

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