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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose body was found in the basement of the brownstone?
(a) Hank Jasper.
(b) Greg Kawakita.
(c) Vinnie.
(d) Curly Braddock.

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

3. How does the pool secretary describe the clothing that Smithback's informant was wearing?
(a) Rags.
(b) Preppy.
(c) Neat as a pin.
(d) A shroud.

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

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

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

7. What is the translation given in the book of the phrase "Cui ci sono dei monstri"?
(a) Here there be monsters.
(b) There are always monsters.
(c) Save me from the monsters.
(d) Believe in monsters.

8. Smithback's informant insists that Smtihback must meet whom?
(a) Tail Gunner.
(b) Mephisto.
(c) Arnold Murray.
(d) Elvis.

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

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

11. Where does Smithbeck's informant ask to meet him?
(a) A Penn Station bathroom.
(b) The airport baggage claim area.
(c) In a coffee shop.
(d) The police station.

12. What exhibition was opening at the Museum eighteen months before the current murders took place?
(a) The Evolution of Piltdown man.
(b) Hall of Africa.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Life Under the Ocean.

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

14. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?
(a) A knife.
(b) A saw.
(c) Disease.
(d) Teeth.

15. On what item does D'Agosta strike a match in Chapter 7?
(a) The sole of his shoe.
(b) All answers are incorrect.
(c) The matchbox.
(d) The underside of his desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confidential piece of information does Smithback reveal to Margo that he knows about the two bodies from the river?

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

3. What is Snow preparing to do at the opening of Chapter 1?

4. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?

5. What story won Smithback great accolades?

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