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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Pendergast say would be foolish if he is gone more than 72 hours?
2. What does Margo find growing on the surface of the Central Park Reservoir?
3. What does Donovan do to "fix up" Snow?
4. During what event did the creatures abstain from killing?
5. What is the name of the Museum scientist who disappeared in the Amazon ten years earlier?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Navy SEALs involvement tell you about the seriousness of the matter?
2. What purpose does the scene with the Navy SEALs have?
3. Pendergast seems uninterested in the "patterns" revealed by the data comparisons done by computer. There is one that interests him, however. What is that pattern and how might it prove useful to the investigation?
4. Of what is the subway massacre the first definitive indication? What does this mean to the investigation?
5. What are the side effects of "glaze"? What might such side effects do to a person's psyche?
6. What does Mephisto's letter given to Margo for delivery tell you about Mephisto?
7. Do you think that Bill Smithback is being used by Anette Wisher as a tool to carry out her own plans? Why do you think so? Cite examples from the text to support your explanation.
8. What is the true reason Kawakita was synthesizing Vitamin D? Do you believe he saw his own end coming and knew what he must do, or do you think it was simply an instinctive move?
9. What would be the far-reaching effects of drowning the Wrinklers in the manner mentioned in Chapter 40?
10. How does Pendergast use his shocking albinism to "blend in" with the outcasts of society in the tunnels? What other methods does he employ, and how is he successful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hayward is an interesting character, a woman of strength, confidence and utter self-assurance. Margo is strong, but in different ways with different approaches to problem solving. Compare/contrast Margo and Hayward, particularly their strengths and weaknesses. What does each character contribute to the storyline?
Essay Topic 2
Frock is unmasked as the shaman, the man behind the propagation of the Wrinklers. Why is this such a shock to the people trying to stop the Wrinklers? In hindsight, does it make sense? What reasoning does Frock give for his transgressions? Do you feel he has a valid point, or do you think he's simply another drug addict? Why?
Essay Topic 3
There is a dichotomy illustrated in Anette Wisher's efforts to solve the murder of her child and Mephisto's efforts to solve the murders of his "children." Compare/contrast their methods, outlining what seems to be working and what doesn't seem to be working. Can you see the similarities in their methods? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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