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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 definitely attributable to the homeless population.
(d) That the murders are the work of a serial killer.

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

3. What dignitary shows up at Mrs. Wisher's rally?
(a) The senator of New York
(b) The governor of New York.
(c) The mayor of New York.
(d) The president.

4. What is the name of the waterway in which Snow goes on his first dive?
(a) Ohio River.
(b) Cloaca Maxima.
(c) Hudson River.
(d) Cripple Creek.

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

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

7. What is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?
(a) Bob Wisher.
(b) Bryce Harriman.
(c) Bill Smithback.
(d) Marion Ross.

8. Why does Margo say she likes Smithback's second article on Pamela Wisher?
(a) He didn't objectify the victim.
(b) All of the answers are incorrect.
(c) He answered every possible question about Pamela.
(d) He wrote very eloquently.

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

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

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

12. What is the name of New York City's assistant medical examiner?
(a) Louie Padelsky.
(b) Whitney Cadwalader Frock.
(c) Olivia Meriam.
(d) Margo Green.

13. What kind of tests were run on the two skeletons found in the river?
(a) Toxic residue testing.
(b) Osteological analysis.
(c) Antiboldy testing.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

15. What does Hayward tell Waxie and D'Agosta to watch for in the lower level?
(a) That they don't get piped.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) That they avoid the third rail.
(d) That they don't step in feces.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Smithbeck's informant ask to meet him?

3. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?

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

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

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