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

2. What disturbs Margo about the events taking place in the gun locker with Pendergast, Mephisto, and D'Agosta?
(a) Pendergast is too eager to begin fighting.
(b) D'Agosta seems frightened by what is approaching.
(c) She isn't given any gear.
(d) Mephisto is handed a gun.

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

4. What does Margo do with the charred notebook?
(a) Throws it away.
(b) Slowly reads through it.
(c) Puts it in a Ziploc bag.
(d) Crumbles it into ash accidentally.

5. What is Frock's theory of who was responsible for the subway massacre?
(a) Drug dealers in a war defending their turf.
(b) Bonnie and Clyde wannabes.
(c) A gang of youths on a homicidal rampage.
(d) A sadistic serial killer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The hut Pendergast observes consists of what building material?

4. What happened to the Take Back Our City March when the homeless started mingling with the marchers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margo plan to figure out what Greg had been doing in his warehouse laboratory?

2. What purpose might hallucinogenic mushrooms serve in the ceremony that Kawakita established?

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

4. What does Margo discover in the remains of the laboratory that puts her in a momentary stupor? What does this discovery mean overall?

5. What is Margo's theory about what happened to Whittlesey? Examining her scientific approach outlined in the book, do you see any flaws in her theory? Is there another reasonable explanation?

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

7. 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?

8. What would be the far-reaching effects of drowning the Wrinklers in the manner mentioned in Chapter 40?

9. What purpose does the scene with the Navy SEALs have?

10. Why are the police so eager to get the matter concluded hastily without taking the time to analyze all possibilities first?

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