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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocking news does Frock give Margo in Chapter 22?
(a) That Margo's position at the Museum is in danger.
(b) That both of the river skeletons had been stolen.
(c) That he is dying.
(d) That Brambell was murdered the night before.

2. What kind of tests were run on the two skeletons found in the river?
(a) Antiboldy testing.
(b) Toxic residue testing.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Osteological analysis.

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

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

5. What was the conclusion made by the medical examiner after examining the teeth marks on the bones of the victims?
(a) They were most likely made by humans.
(b) They were not teeth marks.
(c) The were made by rats.
(d) They were made by Mbwun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Tower modeled after?

2. What stench does D'Agosta try to dilute with the plume of smoke?

3. What is the name of the curator for the New York Museum of Natural History?

4. What is the Devil's Attic?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about using the muse of rhetoric, Polyhymnia, to name an ornate club in Chapter 10? Does its patronage seem to have anything to do with it?

2. What is the basic precept of Frock's theory of fractal evolution? How would it apply to the events taking place in the story?

3. Why do you think people of so many disciplines are called in to examine the two skeletons found in the river?

4. What is the irony in the author's naming the leader of the Route 666 group Mephisto?

5. Waxie is a misogynist. What does his presence add to the story, and how does that contribute to the overall storyline?

6. How does D'Agosta take Waxie's assignment as team leader for the investigation? Why does he feel it might be a good move for all concerned?

7. What are the repercussions of the $100,000 reward posted by Bill Smithback and the Post?

8. Do you think Chief Horlocker's decision to make sure that the case is given priority because a debutante is based upon social standing, given that homeless men and women have died in the same way for weeks? Why or why not?

9. What about the Museum of Natural History makes its atmosphere àpropos to a book of this genre?

10. Brambell and Frock are men of extraordinary intelligence. Why do you think their personalities clash?

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