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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Believe in monsters.
(d) Save me from the monsters.

2. To what does D'Agosta compare the Chief's office?
(a) A suburban steakhouse trying to go upscale.
(b) A gaudy harem den.
(c) The Oval Office.
(d) A public secretary's office.

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

4. How much is the reward for information into the murders?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $250,000.

5. What is Pendergast's place of residence called?
(a) The Dakota.
(b) Main Street.
(c) The Berkshire.
(d) Home Sweet Home.

6. What is the average number of murders a day in the past year in New York as mentioned in Chapter 14?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

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

9. On which floor does Mrs. Wisher live?
(a) Twentieth floor.
(b) Eleventh floor.
(c) Eighteenth floor.
(d) Second floor.

10. What is the name of the librarian at the New York Historical Society?
(a) Padelsky.
(b) Horlocker.
(c) Cushing.
(d) Willson.

11. What is the Devil's Attic?
(a) The highest level of the tunnels.
(b) The place where the tunnel inhabitants bury their dead.
(c) The area occupied only by murderers.
(d) The lowest level of the city.

12. What is the name of the Chihuahua that tries to attack D'Agosta?
(a) Petit Chou.
(b) Jose.
(c) Little Man.
(d) Bruiser.

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

14. What nickname has Smitback given to Margo in Chapter 15?
(a) Sweet Pea.
(b) Darling.
(c) Lotus Blossom.
(d) Rose Petal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dignitary shows up at Mrs. Wisher's rally?

2. What is the nickname given for the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?

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

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

5. What shocking news does Frock give Margo in Chapter 22?

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