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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 shocking news does Frock give Margo in Chapter 22?
(a) That Margo's position at the Museum is in danger.
(b) That both of the river skeletons had been stolen.
(c) That he is dying.
(d) That Brambell was murdered the night before.

2. What does the frieze in Linnaeus Hall represent?
(a) Evolution.
(b) The world's extinct species.
(c) Man's inhumanity to man.
(d) God's creation of the world and mankind.

3. What time are the valves to be opened at the Water Authority?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 12:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

4. What supposedly happens when the Mbwun plant is eaten?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) The fibers contain seeds which implant themselves in the host.
(c) A reovirus injects its host with reptilian DNA.
(d) Mammalian DNA is converted to reptilian DNA.

5. Why is Nick Bitterman going to Belveder Castle?
(a) To attend a business meeting.
(b) To meet his wife.
(c) To propose.
(d) To have lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the tentative translation of the phrase spoken by the survivor of the subway massacre?

2. What is the closest substitute for the plant hormones that the Mbwun craves?

3. What does Margo do to discover what Greg was doing in the burned out warehouse?

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

5. What is Pendergast's place of residence called?

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