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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is blastomycosis?
(a) A stage in the growth of a zygote.
(b) An explosion of broken glass.
(c) A fungal infection.
(d) A rare cancer.

2. What color is the powder that the mystery man in Chapter 8 mixes with water?
(a) Cyan.
(b) Vermilion.
(c) Sulfur yellow.
(d) Light jade.

3. What odor does Smithback detect when following his informant into the small hole?
(a) Raw sewage.
(b) Decomposition.
(c) Wood smoke.
(d) Brick dust.

4. Where is the Pitti Palace located?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chinatown.
(d) Florence, Italy.

5. What metaphor is used to describe the Reservoir in Chapter 16?
(a) It was a sheet of beaten gold.
(b) It was a slightly curved smile on the face of New York.
(c) It was a mirror of deep reflection.
(d) It was a shimmering ribbon of sequins.

6. How does the pool secretary describe the clothing that Smithback's informant was wearing?
(a) Neat as a pin.
(b) A shroud.
(c) Preppy.
(d) Rags.

7. What is the name of the librarian at the New York Historical Society?
(a) Cushing.
(b) Horlocker.
(c) Willson.
(d) Padelsky.

8. How much is the reward for information into the murders?
(a) $250,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $100,000.

9. What does Hayward tell Waxie and D'Agosta to watch for in the lower level?
(a) That they avoid the third rail.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) That they don't step in feces.
(d) That they don't get piped.

10. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?
(a) Teeth.
(b) A knife.
(c) A saw.
(d) Disease.

11. What were the killings called that Dr. Frock and Margo solved in the prequel to "Reliquary"?
(a) The Eyebrow Creature Killings.
(b) Museum Beast Killings.
(c) Route 666 Killings.
(d) The Metropolitan Murders.

12. Who is Hayward's boss?
(a) Waxie.
(b) Green.
(c) D'Agosta.
(d) Smithback.

13. How are Pendergast and D'Agosta dressed in Chapter 23, as they make their way toward the tunnels?
(a) As police officers.
(b) As normal citizens.
(c) As doctors.
(d) As homeless men.

14. What is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?
(a) Bill Smithback.
(b) Marion Ross.
(c) Bob Wisher.
(d) Bryce Harriman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who requests a meeting with D'Agosta in Chapter 7?

2. What nickname does Pendergast give his tunnel alter-ego?

3. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?

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

5. How many people are in Linnaeus Hall for the presentation of the evidence gleaned from the Bitterman autopsy?

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