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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business with Mephisto does Pendergast tell the squatters he has?
(a) Money laundering.
(b) Mbwun.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Wrinklers.

2. Why is Nick Bitterman going to Belveder Castle?
(a) To meet his wife.
(b) To have lunch.
(c) To propose.
(d) To attend a business meeting.

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

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

5. What is a Stumpiniceps troglodytes?
(a) An oceanic bottom-feeder of the Carboniferous period.
(b) A small, odoriferous reptile of the Cretaceous period.
(c) A tree-dwelling serpent from the Triassic period.
(d) A rodent, much like a mouse, from the Carboniferous period.

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

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

8. What were the killings called that Dr. Frock and Margo solved in the prequel to "Reliquary"?
(a) The Eyebrow Creature Killings.
(b) Museum Beast Killings.
(c) The Metropolitan Murders.
(d) Route 666 Killings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pendergast's place of residence called?

2. What is the name of the bridge in Chapter 1?

3. What metaphor is used to describe the Reservoir in Chapter 16?

4. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?

5. What is the identity of the deformed skeleton?

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