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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?
(a) At an AIDS hospice.
(b) For a local newspaper.
(c) At a DNA laboratory.
(d) With her mother's company.

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

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

4. What is Frock's theory of who was responsible for the subway massacre?
(a) A sadistic serial killer.
(b) A gang of youths on a homicidal rampage.
(c) Drug dealers in a war defending their turf.
(d) Bonnie and Clyde wannabes.

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."
(a) Platonian.
(b) Holmesian.
(c) Freudian.
(d) Jungian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the experimental herbicide for removing algae from lakes?

2. What has Margo begun to carry in her purse?

3. What does Billy Trumbull do to escape his pursuers?

4. What does Margo do with the charred notebook?

5. What was on the pair of athletic socks found at the site of the first homeless murder?

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