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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?
(a) That a cult might be committing the murders.
(b) That the deaths aren't linked at all.
(c) That the murders are the work of a serial killer.
(d) That the murders are definitely attributable to the homeless population.

2. Whose body was found in the basement of the brownstone?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Hank Jasper.
(c) Curly Braddock.
(d) Greg Kawakita.

3. What is the average number of murders a day in the past year in New York as mentioned in Chapter 14?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. What title does the disembodied voice in the tunnel give Smithback?
(a) Scriblerian.
(b) Writer.
(c) Newsman.
(d) Collector of pain.

5. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?
(a) A Poet's Maze.
(b) The Dunciad.
(c) Beyond Ragoon.
(d) Flowers for Algernon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who leads the group through the tunnel?

2. How much is the reward for information into the murders?

3. What does Mephisto call the territory below Central Park?

4. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?

5. What does Pendergast say is the largest inhabited region on earth that remains unmapped?

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