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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the original plant fibers after the Museum Beast was killed?
(a) The CDC confiscated and destroyed them.
(b) The FBI confiscated and destroyed them.
(c) No one knows.
(d) The CIA confiscated and cultivated them.

2. Miller tells his forces to move the moles out like what?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cattle.

3. What is the hormone that turns a caterpillar into a butterfly?
(a) BSTH.
(b) Thyoxin.
(c) Resotropin-x.
(d) MTHFR.

4. What weapon does Pendergast prepare before they set the charges in the Bottleneck?
(a) Grenade launcher.
(b) Pipe bomb.
(c) Flamethrower.
(d) .22 calibur gun.

5. What rumor circulates about Mrs. Wisher when Hayward confronts the group of boys heading into the march with weapons?
(a) That she called for death and destruction.
(b) That she had been killed.
(c) That she disappeared.
(d) That she ran the whole show.

6. The hut Pendergast observes consists of what building material?
(a) Timbers.
(b) An unidentifiable gemstone.
(c) Stucco.
(d) Human skulls.

7. What is Hayward carrying that feels heavy and bulky?
(a) A tank of oxygen.
(b) A .45 calibur gun.
(c) Food rations.
(d) A Plexiglass riot shield.

8. In Chapter 51, where does Mephisto say he was wounded?
(a) In a suicide bombing.
(b) In the behind.
(c) In a shootout with the police at Ruby Ridge.
(d) In the Iron Triangle.

9. Who is the head of the NYPD's Tactical Response Unit?
(a) Milner.
(b) Horlocker.
(c) Hausmann.
(d) Masters.

10. What does Mephisto ask Margo to do in the event of his death?
(a) Examine his bones.
(b) Write his biography.
(c) Give his wife a message.
(d) Deliver an envelope.

11. What is the name of the experimental herbicide for removing algae from lakes?
(a) BSTH.
(b) Resotropin-x.
(c) MTHFR.
(d) Thyoxin.

12. What is Waxie's suggestion to kill the creatures?
(a) Electrocution.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Methane gas.

13. What astonishing theory does Margo come up with about the Mbwun?
(a) That it wasn't a resident of the Amazon.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) That it was once human.
(d) That it was once close friends with a museum employee.

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

15. What happened to the one mouse that survived the mouse battle, though badly injured?
(a) It ran itself into the bars of its cage until it died.
(b) It completely healed in minutes.
(c) It continued to fight.
(d) It chewed throught the bars of its cage and escaped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What power does the shaman believe he harnessed from the lilies?

2. What title does Mephisto suggest for his sarcastic jab at Smithback's writing?

3. How long did the Crown Heights riot last a few years before?

4. What is Frock's reasoning for dismissing Margo's theory about the killings?

5. What is the FBI agent on duty in the Armory Division reading?

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