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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 is the name of the one person who escaped a close encounter with Mbwun?
(a) Margo Green.
(b) Vincent D'Agosta.
(c) Ian Cuthbert.
(d) Daniel Placart.

2. What happened to the Take Back Our City March when the homeless started mingling with the marchers?
(a) All of the answers are incorrect.
(b) The homeless started stealing things from the marchers.
(c) A riot ensued.
(d) The march broke up.

3. For what unit is Commander Rachlin the Patrol Leader?
(a) SEAL Team Green Four.
(b) SEAL Team Green Six.
(c) SEAL Team Blue Two.
(d) SEAL Team Blue Seven.

4. Whom does Smithback run into after witnessing the horrible destruction of a group of policemen in the tunnels?
(a) Waxie.
(b) Hayward.
(c) Miller.
(d) Duffy.

5. What title does Mephisto suggest for his sarcastic jab at Smithback's writing?
(a) The Long Dark Day.
(b) He doesn't suggest a title.
(c) The Mephistiad.
(d) Wrinklers Abound.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Margo conclude Greg was synthesizing Vitamin D?

2. What is Frock's theory of who was responsible for the subway massacre?

3. What happened to the original plant fibers after the Museum Beast was killed?

4. What is thrown at the officers in Chapter 46?

5. What does the shaman call his plan for the evolution of mankind?

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 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?

3. 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?

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

5. Pendergast seems uninterested in the "patterns" revealed by the data comparisons done by computer. There is one that interests him, however. What is that pattern and how might it prove useful to the investigation?

6. 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.

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

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

9. What do you think are Pendergast's true intentions in bringing Mephisto along on the mission to the Crystal Palace?

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

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