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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy Trumbull do to escape his pursuers?
(a) Hides beneath the train.
(b) Outruns them.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Shoots them.

2. What is the name of the city engineer with whom Pendergast consults?
(a) Al Braxton.
(b) Al Diamond.
(c) Al Tillman.
(d) Al Sharp.

3. To what does D'Agosta compare the Chief's office?
(a) A gaudy harem den.
(b) A suburban steakhouse trying to go upscale.
(c) The Oval Office.
(d) A public secretary's office.

4. What is Pendergast's place of residence called?
(a) The Berkshire.
(b) Main Street.
(c) The Dakota.
(d) Home Sweet Home.

5. What does Pendergast say is the largest inhabited region on earth that remains unmapped?
(a) Antipodes.
(b) Outer Mongolia.
(c) Underground New York.
(d) Milwaukee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hormone that turns a caterpillar into a butterfly?

2. How does the pool secretary describe the clothing that Smithback's informant was wearing?

3. What was the tentative translation of the phrase spoken by the survivor of the subway massacre?

4. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?

5. What program did Greg develop that were key in identifying and stopping Mbwun?

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