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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 does Pendergast say that they can be sure of regarding the creatures?
2. What happened to the Take Back Our City March when the homeless started mingling with the marchers?
3. Who catches AW duty for the mission
4. What time is the drainage sequence scheduled for initiation?
5. What is Snow doing at 10:15 p.m. in Chapter 52?
Short Essay Questions
1. Do you think Waxie was too hasty in naming Jeffery as the serial killer? What reason might Waxie have for such a hasty conclusion?
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. Why are the police so eager to get the matter concluded hastily without taking the time to analyze all possibilities first?
4. Why might the huge amount of firepower carried by D'Agosta, Pendergast, and Mephisto be ineffective against the creatures?
5. What is the true nature of the ritual Kawakita established among the Wrinklers?
6. 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?
7. What is a seemingly positive side effect of the reovirus infection? What might this mean to future testing?
8. Do you think that Bill Smithback is being used by Anette Wisher as a tool to carry out her own plans? Why do you think so? Cite examples from the text to support your explanation.
9. What would be the far-reaching effects of drowning the Wrinklers in the manner mentioned in Chapter 40?
10. What does Mephisto's letter given to Margo for delivery tell you about Mephisto?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The flooding of the tunnels to destroy the creatures is an extreme step, especially given the number of innocent people who could be in danger from the flooding. What purpose do you think this moral ambiguity will serve? Do you see it in any other situations in the book? Do you think it serves the same purpose in that instance?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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