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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Snow view his pending mission with the Navy SEALS?
(a) As the opportunity of a lifetime.
(b) As a chance for redemption.
(c) As a terrifying adventure.
(d) As a burden forced upon him.

2. What is the closest substitute for the plant hormones that the Mbwun craves?
(a) Black tar heroin.
(b) The hypothalamus.
(c) Crack cocaine.
(d) The thyroid.

3. What does Billy Trumbull do to escape his pursuers?
(a) Shoots them.
(b) Hides beneath the train.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Outruns them.

4. What time are the valves to be opened at the Water Authority?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 12:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

5. What is the blue-foot Psilocybe?
(a) An extinct Amazonian parrot.
(b) A potent hallucinogenic mushroom.
(c) A Russian monkey.
(d) A rare form of goose.

6. Who is Jennifer Lake?
(a) The museum curator.
(b) The museum collection librarian.
(c) D'Agosta's sister.
(d) Margo's lab assistant.

7. What does Pendergast say is the creature's gathering point?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Crystal Pavilion.
(c) The Grand Central Station.
(d) The Knickerbocker Hotel.

8. How long did the Crown Heights riot last a few years before?
(a) Three days.
(b) A week.
(c) Six hours.
(d) Twenty-two hours.

9. What does D'Agosta propose as a temporary alternative to attacking the creatures where they live?
(a) A sneak attack in 72 hours after reconnaissance.
(b) Gassing the tunnels.
(c) A containment effort.
(d) Finding an antidote to the drug.

10. What is Frock's reasoning for dismissing Margo's theory about the killings?
(a) It is too farfetched.
(b) It goes directly against evolutionary theory.
(c) He hasn't had a chance to review her scientific analysis.
(d) All answers are correct.

11. What is the name of the one person who escaped a close encounter with Mbwun?
(a) Ian Cuthbert.
(b) Vincent D'Agosta.
(c) Daniel Placart.
(d) Margo Green.

12. What is the name of the city engineer with whom Pendergast consults?
(a) Al Tillman.
(b) Al Braxton.
(c) Al Sharp.
(d) Al Diamond.

13. Who carries the pyros?
(a) Campion.
(b) Donovan.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Lorenzo.

14. On what team are Donovan and Snow?
(a) Team Gamma.
(b) Team Delta.
(c) Team Alpha.
(d) Team Beta.

15. Where is it believed that Kawakita's test subjects now live?
(a) In the Astor Tunnels.
(b) In different locations.
(c) In the sewers.
(d) On the subway line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Horlocker order his assistant to find in Chapter 38?

2. What does Margo believe is necessary to release the drug into the ecosystem?

3. Where does Pendergast tell D'Agosta he must go after the fiasco of Jeffery's interview?

4. What does Miller do when caught in the crowd of moles?

5. The man Hayward rescued in the tunnels is whose son?

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