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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of biologist is Margo?
(a) Macroscopic.
(b) Physical.
(c) Microscopic.
(d) Evolutionary.

3. How much is the reward for information into the murders?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

4. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?
(a) That the deaths aren't linked at all.
(b) That the murders are the work of a serial killer.
(c) That the murders are definitely attributable to the homeless population.
(d) That a cult might be committing the murders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who requests a meeting with D'Agosta in Chapter 7?

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

3. What program did Greg develop that were key in identifying and stopping Mbwun?

4. What is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?

5. How are Pendergast and D'Agosta dressed in Chapter 23, as they make their way toward the tunnels?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think people of so many disciplines are called in to examine the two skeletons found in the river?

2. Why are the homeless referred to as "moles"?

3. Why is there so much excitement surrounding the second skeleton found in the polluted Cloaca?

4. How does D'Agosta take Waxie's assignment as team leader for the investigation? Why does he feel it might be a good move for all concerned?

5. What is the irony in the author's naming the leader of the Route 666 group Mephisto?

6. Why does Hayward say the tunnels are dangerous? Cite examples from the text.

7. Brambell and Frock are men of extraordinary intelligence. Why do you think their personalities clash?

8. Do you think that Bill Smithback would do anything to get the exclusive on a murder investigation? Why or why not? Do his tactics seem moral or sensationa? Why?

9. To what does Dr. Frock attribute the Mbwun's existence and its unlikely appearance in New York?

10. What kind of influence do you think a woman like Mrs. Wisher would likely have on the political climate? Does she show that she is willing to use that influence to force matters in the direction she wants them to go? What gives you that indication?

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