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

2. On which floor does Mrs. Wisher live?
(a) Second floor.
(b) Eleventh floor.
(c) Eighteenth floor.
(d) Twentieth floor.

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

4. Which character had a crush on Smithback?
(a) Margo.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Ginny.
(d) Miriam.

5. Why does Margo say she likes Smithback's second article on Pamela Wisher?
(a) He answered every possible question about Pamela.
(b) All of the answers are incorrect.
(c) He wrote very eloquently.
(d) He didn't objectify the victim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters in Chapter 12 detest each other?

2. What coats the staircase down to the lower level of the tunnels?

3. What label did Smithback give Pamela Wisher?

4. What is a Stumpiniceps troglodytes?

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

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