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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Margo visit the 27th Precinct House in Chapter 19?
(a) For target practice.
(b) To speak with the Chief.
(c) To report her purse stolen.
(d) To find D'Agosta.

3. What was on the pair of athletic socks found at the site of the first homeless murder?
(a) Rat droppings.
(b) Mud.
(c) Blood.
(d) Mold.

4. Who requests a meeting with D'Agosta in Chapter 7?
(a) Mephisto.
(b) Bill Smithback.
(c) Margo.
(d) Sergeant Hayward.

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

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

7. In what year was Linnaeus Hall constructed?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1951.

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

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

10. What kind of biologist is Margo?
(a) Physical.
(b) Evolutionary.
(c) Macroscopic.
(d) Microscopic.

11. What is Snow preparing to do at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) Sing.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Dive.
(d) Drive.

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

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

14. Which character had a crush on Smithback?
(a) Margo.
(b) Ginny.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Arnold.

15. How many homeless people have allegedly been murdered in the tunnels in the last four months?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "DISH" stand for in the discussion between Frock, D'Agosta, and Brambell?

3. What does Smithback's informant say his name is?

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

5. Why does Margo say she likes Smithback's second article on Pamela Wisher?

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