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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 are the Wrinklers doing in the Crystal Pavilion when Margo looks down on them in horror?
(a) Mating.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Transforming.
(d) Eating.

2. The hut Pendergast observes consists of what building material?
(a) Timbers.
(b) An unidentifiable gemstone.
(c) Stucco.
(d) Human skulls.

3. Margo and D'Agosta come to what conclusion about Greg's motivations in taking the drug himself?
(a) He was arrogant.
(b) He wanted to live 50 percent longer.
(c) He wanted to be famous.
(d) He wanted to be rich.

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

5. What time is the drainage sequence scheduled for initiation?
(a) 12:00 a.m.
(b) 8:45 p.m.
(c) 11:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What supposedly happens when the Mbwun plant is eaten?

3. What does Mephisto ask Margo to do in the event of his death?

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

5. What happened to Jumbo, P.T. Barnum's elephant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the overwhelming feeling you get from the unnamed character in Chapter 34? Does he seem like every megalomaniac created in literature, or is there something different about him?

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

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

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

7. How does Pendergast use his shocking albinism to "blend in" with the outcasts of society in the tunnels? What other methods does he employ, and how is he successful?

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

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

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

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