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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 Pendergast say that they can be sure of regarding the creatures?
(a) They are fast.
(b) They can see in the dark.
(c) They are completely malevolent.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. Who is Jennifer Lake?
(a) Margo's lab assistant.
(b) The museum curator.
(c) The museum collection librarian.
(d) D'Agosta's sister.

3. Of what does Masters' shout into the bullhorn remind Hayward?
(a) Riot training.
(b) Training camp.
(c) All of the answers are incorrect.
(d) Girl Scout camp.

4. What was the tentative translation of the phrase spoken by the survivor of the subway massacre?
(a) Alligator tail.
(b) Knives of flint.
(c) Horns of the devil.
(d) Claws of obsidian.

5. What does Donovan tell Snow not to shoot?
(a) Crocodiles.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pendergast give to D'Agosta that causes D'Agosta to say that they have enough firepower to invade China?

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

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

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

5. What is the FBI agent on duty in the Armory Division reading?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the side effects of "glaze"? What might such side effects do to a person's psyche?

3. What do Margo's lab findings on the reovirus seem to indicate? How do these findings translate to the infection of humans?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Smithback view that leads him to believe his ambition might have finally taken him too far? Do you think his fear is because he feels his mortality or because he has seen the mortality of others?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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