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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smithback's informant insists that Smtihback must meet whom?
(a) Mephisto.
(b) Tail Gunner.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Arnold Murray.

2. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?
(a) Teeth.
(b) Disease.
(c) A saw.
(d) A knife.

3. To what type of philosophy is the following phrase attributed? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
(a) Freudian.
(b) Platonian.
(c) Holmesian.
(d) Jungian.

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

5. What does Mephisto call the territory below Central Park?
(a) Route 666.
(b) The Blockhouse.
(c) Ho Chi Minh trail.
(d) All answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what bar does Smithback make his phone call in Chapter 6?

2. What is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?

3. In what month does the book begin?

4. Which character had a crush on Smithback?

5. How much is the reward for information into the murders?

(see the answer key)

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