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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 does Hayward say to Pendergast when he asks her if she has any last words?
(a) "This is foolish."
(b) "Don't go."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "Go get 'em."

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

3. What is the name of the other ex-transit police officer in Hayward's group?
(a) Carlin.
(b) Horlocker.
(c) Miller.
(d) Holliday.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time is the drainage sequence scheduled for initiation?

3. What is Hayward carrying that feels heavy and bulky?

4. What is the name of the Museum scientist who disappeared in the Amazon ten years earlier?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pendergast make a second trip into the tunnels?

2. Do you think Waxie was too hasty in naming Jeffery as the serial killer? What reason might Waxie have for such a hasty conclusion?

3. Why do you think the creatures abduct the group determined to destroy them instead of killing them like they have everyone else?

4. What starts the riots during the Take Back Our City March? Is this the fault of Mrs. Wisher, the police, or the homeless? Cite examples to support your argument.

5. What is a seemingly positive side effect of the reovirus infection? What might this mean to future testing?

6. What does Pendergast find in the Crystal Pavilion that causes him alarm? Why do you think these things scare him?

7. Of what is the subway massacre the first definitive indication? What does this mean to the investigation?

8. What is the true reason Kawakita was synthesizing Vitamin D? Do you believe he saw his own end coming and knew what he must do, or do you think it was simply an instinctive move?

9. What does the Navy SEALs involvement tell you about the seriousness of the matter?

10. What is the true nature of the ritual Kawakita established among the Wrinklers?

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