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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?
2. What stench does D'Agosta try to dilute with the plume of smoke?
3. What business with Mephisto does Pendergast tell the squatters he has?
4. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?
5. What is Pendergast's place of residence called?
Short Essay Questions
1. What purpose might an evolutionary biologist and a biologist whose specialty is genetics serve to the police in this story?
2. Police work seems to involve a lot of political jostling and brown-nosing. How is that concept illustrated in Chapter 11?
3. What is ironic about using the muse of rhetoric, Polyhymnia, to name an ornate club in Chapter 10? Does its patronage seem to have anything to do with it?
4. What is the basic precept of Frock's theory of fractal evolution? How would it apply to the events taking place in the story?
5. Why do you think people of so many disciplines are called in to examine the two skeletons found in the river?
6. Why does Hayward say the tunnels are dangerous? Cite examples from the text.
7. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?
8. What is Brambell's theory about what animal is responsible for the teeth marks on Pamela Wisher's bones? How does this change the direction of the investigation?
9. How might Margo's expertise in ethnopharmacology be an example of foreshadowing?
10. What do you think is the author's purpose in describing Sergeant Hayward's physical characteristics in such detail?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There is a dichotomy illustrated in Anette Wisher's efforts to solve the murder of her child and Mephisto's efforts to solve the murders of his "children." Compare/contrast their methods, outlining what seems to be working and what doesn't seem to be working. Can you see the similarities in their methods? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Review the symbolism involved in the hut of skulls. What does this represent to the Wrinklers? What does it represent to outsiders? What does it represent to the shaman? How does the hut play into the Wrinklers' ceremony? Cite examples from the text to support your explanation.
Essay Topic 3
Greg Kawakita is a key part of the reason the city is being overrun with murders. He is long gone, but his legacy of madness lives on in those he "infected" with the drug, glaze. How do you think Kawakita rationalized giving the drug to others when he already knew it was what created the Mwbun? How do you think he rationalized taking it himself?
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