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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 is a Stumpiniceps troglodytes?
(a) A small, odoriferous reptile of the Cretaceous period.
(b) An oceanic bottom-feeder of the Carboniferous period.
(c) A rodent, much like a mouse, from the Carboniferous period.
(d) A tree-dwelling serpent from the Triassic period.

2. What or who are Pendergast and D'Agosta looking for in the tunnels in Chapter 22?
(a) The latest victim's head.
(b) Mephisto.
(c) A translation of the phrase "Cui ci sono dei monstri".
(d) The murderer or murderers.

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) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

4. What is the name of the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?
(a) Greg Kawakita.
(b) Margo Green.
(c) Sy Hagedorn.
(d) Emmaline Spragg.

5. What is the Devil's Attic?
(a) The highest level of the tunnels.
(b) The lowest level of the city.
(c) The area occupied only by murderers.
(d) The place where the tunnel inhabitants bury their dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?

2. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?

3. What has Margo begun to carry in her purse?

4. What is the name of the bridge in Chapter 1?

5. What does Billy Trumbull do to escape his pursuers?

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