1. What is the name of the curator for the New York Museum of Natural History?
(a) Margo Green.
(b) Bill Smithback.
(c) Simon Brambell.
(d) Olivia Meriam.

2. On which floor does Mrs. Wisher live?
(a) Twentieth floor.
(b) Eighteenth floor.
(c) Eleventh floor.
(d) Second floor.

3. What does Mephisto call the territory below Central Park?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The Blockhouse.
(c) Route 666.
(d) Ho Chi Minh trail.

4. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?
(a) Mentally ill inhabitants.
(b) The third rail.
(c) Rats.
(d) Rabid dogs.

5. What does "DISH" stand for in the discussion between Frock, D'Agosta, and Brambell?
(a) Dramatically idiotic superstitious hyperstasis.
(b) Diachroic isopeptide saccharin heliobore.
(c) Dinucleated insular subskeletal herniation.
(d) Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of philosophy is the following phrase attributed? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

2. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?

3. What is the name of New York City's assistant medical examiner?

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

5. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?

(see the answer key)

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