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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 name of the theory presented by Dr. Frock?
(a) Disparate evolution.
(b) Creationist evolution.
(c) Fractal evolution.
(d) Frockian evolution.

8. What confidential piece of information does Smithback reveal to Margo that he knows about the two bodies from the river?
(a) The skeletons are both female.
(b) All of the answers are incorrect.
(c) One of the bodies is her cousin.
(d) There were teeth marks on the bones.

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

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

11. What metaphor is used to describe the Reservoir in Chapter 16?
(a) It was a sheet of beaten gold.
(b) It was a slightly curved smile on the face of New York.
(c) It was a mirror of deep reflection.
(d) It was a shimmering ribbon of sequins.

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

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

14. What or who are Pendergast and D'Agosta looking for in the tunnels in Chapter 22?
(a) The latest victim's head.
(b) Mephisto.
(c) The murderer or murderers.
(d) A translation of the phrase "Cui ci sono dei monstri".

15. What do Nick and Tanya do with their champagne glasses once they are empty?
(a) The wrap them carefully for future celebrations.
(b) They throw them into the pond.
(c) They refill them.
(d) They smash them on the stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Chihuahua that tries to attack D'Agosta?

2. How much is the reward for information into the murders?

3. What nickname does Pendergast give his tunnel alter-ego?

4. What does the trio find in the cubby where the second headless body was found?

5. What is the identity of the deformed skeleton?

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