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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. Who carries the pyros?

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

3. Whom does Smithback run into after witnessing the horrible destruction of a group of policemen in the tunnels?

4. What time is the drainage sequence scheduled for initiation?

5. What does Frock do when he enters the "war room" in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Pendergast find in the Crystal Pavilion that causes him alarm? Why do you think these things scare him?

4. Why are the police so eager to get the matter concluded hastily without taking the time to analyze all possibilities first?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though Dr. Brambell and Dr. Frock disagree often, they do agree on one thing: the skeletons show obvious signs of teeth marks. Compare/contrast their first theories on the teeth marks in the bone, how they got there, and what type of animal might have left them. What do you think is the true source of their contention?

Essay Topic 2

Smithback is proud of the good he thinks he has done for the Pamela Wisher murder case. However, important people look at what he has done as meddling. What things has Smithback done to bring the case to the forefront, and why are certain people unhappy with his interference?

Essay Topic 3

The second skeleton is a huge mystery to the people investigating and examining it. They can find no obvious cause for the extensive remodeling of the bone structure and are baffled by its existence. What are some of the theories put forward initially? What happens when the skeleton is finally identified?

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