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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much force does the coroner's office suggest it would require to create the lacerations on the security guard's body in one stroke?
(a) The average strength of a human female.
(b) Four times what a human male can achieve.
(c) Twice what a human male can achieve.
(d) The average strength of a human male.

2. What does Whittlesey hope to find on this expedition?
(a) Proof of the satanic rituals performed by the Kothoga Indians.
(b) Proof of the current existence of the Kothoga Indians.
(c) Proof of the religious beliefs of the Kothoga Indians.
(d) Proof of the past existence of the Kothoga Indians.

3. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?
(a) A past director of the museum.
(b) A missing curator, Montague.
(c) A young museum visitor.
(d) A security guard.

4. Who is Pendergast?
(a) An agent with Homeland Security.
(b) A CIA agent.
(c) A New York City cop.
(d) An FBI agent.

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

6. What happens to D'Agosta at the crime scene in Chapter 14 that has not happened to him in more than twenty years of police work?
(a) He faints at a crime scene.
(b) He steps in blood at a crime scene.
(c) He moves the body at a crime scene.
(d) He vomits at a crime scene.

7. What does G.S.E. stand for?
(a) Gene Splicer Exercise.
(b) Gene Sequence Exercise.
(c) Genetic Sequence Extrapolator.
(d) Genetic Science Extrapolator.

8. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?
(a) In a tree.
(b) On the ground under some old vegetation.
(c) Around the neck of a native guide.
(d) In an isolated hut.

9. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) Smithback.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her friend, Jan.

10. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?
(a) With powerful claws containing three points.
(b) With a knife made of animal claws.
(c) With a weapon that resembles a claw.
(d) With a man-made claw or artifact.

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

12. What causes Margo to run from the exhibit hall in Chapter 20?
(a) The yells of a security guard.
(b) The sound of Dr. Cuthbert entering.
(c) A goat-like smell and red, beady eyes.
(d) A goat-like smell and odd noises.

13. What does Bailey Smith think is the origin of the Museum Beast?
(a) Seedpods from China.
(b) Eggs brought from Siberia.
(c) Eggs from the Amazon.
(d) Seedpods from outerspace.

14. Who is Vincent D'Agosta?
(a) The director of the museum.
(b) A writer working on a book about the museum.
(c) The police detective in charge.
(d) An assistant curator.

15. What is a stevedore?
(a) Someone who serves food on a ship.
(b) Someone who takes luggage into guest cabins on a ship.
(c) Someone who navigates on a cruise ship.
(d) Someone who loads ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dr. Cuthbert move the Whittlesey crates into the Secure Area?

2. How many claws does the Mbwun figurine have on its front legs?

3. Who has control over the content of William Smithback's writing at the Museum of Natural History?

4. Who is Charlie Prine?

5. In what way does Pendergast suggest Dr. Wright is obstructing the murder investigation?

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