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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. What is the average number of murders a day in the past year in New York as mentioned in Chapter 14?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. What does Mephisto call rats?
(a) Vermin.
(b) The other white meat.
(c) Track rabbits.
(d) Delicious.

3. What is blastomycosis?
(a) A fungal infection.
(b) A stage in the growth of a zygote.
(c) An explosion of broken glass.
(d) A rare cancer.

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

5. What confidential piece of information does Smithback reveal to Margo that he knows about the two bodies from the river?
(a) All of the answers are incorrect.
(b) There were teeth marks on the bones.
(c) The skeletons are both female.
(d) One of the bodies is her cousin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?

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

4. What color is the powder that the mystery man in Chapter 8 mixes with water?

5. What story won Smithback great accolades?

(see the answer key)

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