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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who leads the group through the tunnel?
(a) D'Agosta.
(b) Waxie.
(c) Hayward.
(d) All of the answers are incorrect.

2. What coats the staircase down to the lower level of the tunnels?
(a) Paint.
(b) Lime.
(c) Rust.
(d) Lichens.

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

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

5. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?
(a) That the murders are the work of a serial killer.
(b) That the deaths aren't linked at all.
(c) That the murders are definitely attributable to the homeless population.
(d) That a cult might be committing the murders.

6. What does D'Agosta discover Hayward doing in the storage room?
(a) Eating doughnuts.
(b) Karate.
(c) Stealing office supplies.
(d) Crying uncontrollably.

7. What story won Smithback great accolades?
(a) The Mkwan story.
(b) The Mrable story.
(c) The Mbwun story.
(d) The Muskrat story.

8. 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.

9. What odor does Smithback detect when following his informant into the small hole?
(a) Wood smoke.
(b) Brick dust.
(c) Raw sewage.
(d) Decomposition.

10. What title does the disembodied voice in the tunnel give Smithback?
(a) Newsman.
(b) Writer.
(c) Collector of pain.
(d) Scriblerian.

11. What does Smithback's informant say his name is?
(a) Goose.
(b) Trail Blazer.
(c) Mephisto.
(d) Tail Gunner.

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

13. What stench does D'Agosta try to dilute with the plume of smoke?
(a) Bad wine.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Unwashed human bodies.
(d) Rancid urine.

14. What is the name of the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?
(a) Sy Hagedorn.
(b) Emmaline Spragg.
(c) Greg Kawakita.
(d) Margo Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margo visit the 27th Precinct House in Chapter 19?

2. What does Nick Bitterman proclaim August seventh to be?

3. What do Nick and Tanya do with their champagne glasses once they are empty?

4. Why is Nick Bitterman going to Belveder Castle?

5. What program did Greg develop that were key in identifying and stopping Mbwun?

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