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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 label did Smithback give Pamela Wisher?
(a) Angel of Central Park South.
(b) Angel without Wings.
(c) Angel of the Morning.
(d) Angel of the Hudson.

2. What is the name of the librarian at the New York Historical Society?
(a) Willson.
(b) Padelsky.
(c) Horlocker.
(d) Cushing.

3. What nickname has Smitback given to Margo in Chapter 15?
(a) Rose Petal.
(b) Sweet Pea.
(c) Lotus Blossom.
(d) Darling.

4. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?
(a) Flowers for Algernon.
(b) The Dunciad.
(c) Beyond Ragoon.
(d) A Poet's Maze.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smithback's informant say his name is?

2. What stench does D'Agosta try to dilute with the plume of smoke?

3. What or who are Pendergast and D'Agosta looking for in the tunnels in Chapter 22?

4. What do Nick and Tanya do with their champagne glasses once they are empty?

5. In what year was Linnaeus Hall constructed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the importance of the New York Museum of Natural History to the storyline?

2. Who is the homeless man who invades D'Agosta's office, and what is his reason for being there?

3. What is Brambell's theory about what animal is responsible for the teeth marks on Pamela Wisher's bones? How does this change the direction of the investigation?

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

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

6. In Chapter 8, an unknown person develops extra sensitive senses, apparently by ingesting some unknown drug. What do you think is the purpose of this character's in-depth description and failing to tell the reader who he is?

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

8. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?

9. What are the repercussions of the $100,000 reward posted by Bill Smithback and the Post?

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

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