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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 building do Waxie and Duffy enter before initiating the drainage sequence?
(a) The Central Park Water Resource Station.
(b) The Central Park Reservoir Gauging Station.
(c) The Central Park Reservoir Examination Station.
(d) The Central Park Water Authority Station.

2. What does D'Agosta propose as a temporary alternative to attacking the creatures where they live?
(a) Finding an antidote to the drug.
(b) A containment effort.
(c) Gassing the tunnels.
(d) A sneak attack in 72 hours after reconnaissance.

3. Where is Pendergast's map?
(a) Drawn on his hand.
(b) Memorized in his head.
(c) Secured in a waterproof pocket.
(d) Drawn on the inside of his cammos.

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

5. What does Margo find in the puddle-like areas on the floor of the burned out warehouse?
(a) The remains of several extinct fish.
(b) The remains of a rare Amazonian plant.
(c) Several stolen fossils.
(d) Evidence of marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what unit is Commander Rachlin the Patrol Leader?

2. During what event did the creatures abstain from killing?

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

4. The shaman is soon identified as who?

5. What is Snow doing at 10:15 p.m. in Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What do you think the symbols Pendergast discovered, which translate to a description of a Japanese tea room, mean to the creatures?

5. One of the subway passengers chooses suicide over being at the mercy of his attackers. What does this indicate to you about the attackers?

6. What does Mephisto's letter given to Margo for delivery tell you about Mephisto?

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

8. Why might the huge amount of firepower carried by D'Agosta, Pendergast, and Mephisto be ineffective against the creatures?

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

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

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