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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, He Who Walks On All Fours: Chapters 42-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The Museum of Natural History.
(d) The New York City Police Department.

2. Who is Ippolito?
(a) Head of Public Relations for the museum.
(b) Head of the New York office of the FBI.
(c) Head of the homicide division of the New York City Police Department.
(d) Head of Security for the museum.

3. What is an outgroup in DNA analysis?
(a) The DNA being examined.
(b) The control or known DNA type.
(c) The species with which the DNA is most likely to match.
(d) A group of unknown DNA to be compared to the sample being analyzed.

4. What relative of Margo's died in the weeks before the opening of the main plot of the novel?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

5. What is the name of the museum curator who began the curating of the Whittlesey crates in 1988?
(a) Mike Thompson.
(b) Edward Maxwell.
(c) Gregory Kawakita.
(d) Hugo Montague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the original Museum of Natural History built?

2. What is unusual about Moriarty's watch?

3. Who finds being locked in the break room of the museum in Chapter 4 outrageous?

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

5. What is the name of the new exhibit being developed for the museum?

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