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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. In what year was Linnaeus Hall constructed?
2. What is the name of the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?
3. Why does Margo say she likes Smithback's second article on Pamela Wisher?
4. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?
5. What is Snow looking for after a police shootout?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think is the author's purpose in describing Sergeant Hayward's physical characteristics in such detail?
2. Why are the homeless referred to as "moles"?
3. Do you think Chief Horlocker's decision to make sure that the case is given priority because a debutante is based upon social standing, given that homeless men and women have died in the same way for weeks? Why or why not?
4. What is the history of Mbwun, and why is it assumed that these killings might relate to the events surrounding this creature?
5. How might Margo's expertise in ethnopharmacology be an example of foreshadowing?
6. Why do you think people of so many disciplines are called in to examine the two skeletons found in the river?
7. How does D'Agosta take Waxie's assignment as team leader for the investigation? Why does he feel it might be a good move for all concerned?
8. Why is there so much excitement surrounding the second skeleton found in the polluted Cloaca?
9. Why do you think the author mentions his previous book, "Relic"?
10. What kind of influence do you think a woman like Mrs. Wisher would likely have on the political climate? Does she show that she is willing to use that influence to force matters in the direction she wants them to go? What gives you that indication?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The officers leading this investigation seems simple, weak, demanding and lazy. What point do you think the author was trying to bring across with such characters? Is he making a statement on police leaders in general, or do you think he is trying to make his other characters seem stronger?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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