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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 27-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pendergast at the crime scene in Chapter 14?
(a) He was sent by Washington D.C. to investigate.
(b) He is investigating a similar set of murders in New Orleans several years before.
(c) He was sent for by the director of the museum.
(d) He is curious about animalistic killings.

2. In Chapter 15, who claimed to have seen the museum creature one morning as it slunk around a corner in the basement?
(a) Mike Herron from the gift shop.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) Dr. Cuthbert.
(d) Carl Conover from the metal shop.

3. Why does Beauregard call for help when he hears a noise in the Superstition Exhibit?
(a) He wants to show off his bravery.
(b) Orders from Cuthbert.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) Procedure.

4. What meal does D'Agosta wish he did not have before attending the autopsy of the two children found dead in the museum?
(a) Double hamburgers.
(b) Double bacon cheeseburgers.
(c) Double chili cheeseburgers.
(d) Double cheeseburgers.

5. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?
(a) At grandmother's.
(b) The front steps.
(c) The gift shop.
(d) At home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did D'Agosta learn about Pendergast's past that he is not sure he believes?

2. What is an outgroup in DNA analysis?

3. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?

4. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?

5. How long did it take the Whittlesey crates to get from the Amazon to the Museum?

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