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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Margo do to discover what Greg was doing in the burned out warehouse?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) She collects samples of ash.
(c) She gathers his belongings.
(d) She sketches the setup.

3. What model does Pendergast believe the hut follows?
(a) The Japanese Tea Ceremony.
(b) The Japanese Wedding Ceremony.
(c) The Japanese Wine Ceremony.
(d) The Japanese Lotus Ceremony.

4. What does Frock do when he enters the "war room" in Chapter 40?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Announces his resignation.
(c) Apologizes.
(d) Ridicules Margo.

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

6. On what was the Mbwun plant derivative tested?
(a) Lab mice.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) E. coli bacteria.
(d) Blue-green algae.

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

8. What does Pendergast say that they can be sure of regarding the creatures?
(a) They are fast.
(b) They can see in the dark.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) They are completely malevolent.

9. Who catches AW duty for the mission
(a) Beecham.
(b) Clapton.
(c) Hastings.
(d) All answers are correct.

10. What was the tentative translation of the phrase spoken by the survivor of the subway massacre?
(a) Horns of the devil.
(b) Knives of flint.
(c) Alligator tail.
(d) Claws of obsidian.

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

12. What supposedly happens when the Mbwun plant is eaten?
(a) A reovirus injects its host with reptilian DNA.
(b) The fibers contain seeds which implant themselves in the host.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Mammalian DNA is converted to reptilian DNA.

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

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

15. What is the name of the sole survivor of the subway massacre?
(a) Billy Trumbull.
(b) Alberta Muñoz.
(c) Antoinette Rucker.
(d) Jim Kolb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What rumor circulates about Mrs. Wisher when Hayward confronts the group of boys heading into the march with weapons?

3. What does Pendergast say is the creature's gathering point?

4. What building do Waxie and Duffy enter before initiating the drainage sequence?

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

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