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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Pendergast and D'Agosta dressed in Chapter 23, as they make their way toward the tunnels?
(a) As normal citizens.
(b) As police officers.
(c) As doctors.
(d) As homeless men.

2. What does Pendergast say is the largest inhabited region on earth that remains unmapped?
(a) Underground New York.
(b) Outer Mongolia.
(c) Antipodes.
(d) Milwaukee.

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

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

5. What is Snow looking for after a police shootout?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A stolen car.
(c) A brick of heroin.
(d) A kidnapped girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What or who are Pendergast and D'Agosta looking for in the tunnels in Chapter 22?

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

3. Where is the Pitti Palace located?

4. Where do Smithback and Margo have drinks after he runs into her while she is jogging?

5. What odor does Smithback detect when following his informant into the small hole?

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