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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 weapon does Pendergast prepare before they set the charges in the Bottleneck?
2. For what purpose does Margo conclude Greg was synthesizing Vitamin D?
3. What does Pendergast give to D'Agosta that causes D'Agosta to say that they have enough firepower to invade China?
4. What did Margo discover Greg's lab setup was for?
5. What is the purpose of the moles' banging on the pipes?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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.
3. Of what is the subway massacre the first definitive indication? What does this mean to the investigation?
4. 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?
5. What does the Navy SEALs involvement tell you about the seriousness of the matter?
6. What does Margo discover in the remains of the laboratory that puts her in a momentary stupor? What does this discovery mean overall?
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 would be the far-reaching effects of drowning the Wrinklers in the manner mentioned in Chapter 40?
9. Why might the huge amount of firepower carried by D'Agosta, Pendergast, and Mephisto be ineffective against the creatures?
10. What does Pendergast find in the Crystal Pavilion that causes him alarm? Why do you think these things scare him?
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
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 3
Hayward is an interesting character, a woman of strength, confidence and utter self-assurance. Margo is strong, but in different ways with different approaches to problem solving. Compare/contrast Margo and Hayward, particularly their strengths and weaknesses. What does each character contribute to the storyline?
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