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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapers 40 through 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the tentative translation of the phrase spoken by the survivor of the subway massacre?
(a) Knives of flint.
(b) Horns of the devil.
(c) Claws of obsidian.
(d) Alligator tail.

2. Which two characters in Chapter 12 detest each other?
(a) Frock and Margo.
(b) All of the answers are incorrect.
(c) Brambell and Frock.
(d) Margo and Brambell.

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

4. Where is it believed that Kawakita's test subjects now live?
(a) In different locations.
(b) In the sewers.
(c) In the Astor Tunnels.
(d) On the subway line.

5. What nickname does Pendergast give his tunnel alter-ego?
(a) Jack.
(b) Bronson.
(c) King Edward.
(d) Whitey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the other ex-transit police officer in Hayward's group?

2. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?

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

4. What stench does D'Agosta try to dilute with the plume of smoke?

5. What is thrown at the officers in Chapter 46?

(see the answer key)

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