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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old woman, according to Whittlesey's journal, warn will happen if Whittlesey takes Mbwun home with him?
(a) He will die a terrible death.
(b) He will bring death on his people.
(c) He will be a slave to the devil.
(d) He will live a long and productive life, but those around him will die.

2. What ability does Pendergast believe the creature has that will prevent them from finding safety from the creature?
(a) It can open doors and slip through the security gates.
(b) It can hypnotize people into submission.
(c) It can slip through the secuity gates and ooze through vents.
(d) It can open doors and it knows passages hidden to them.

3. What happened to the shot that Pendergast got off on the killer in Chapter 46?
(a) It bounced off the killer's skull.
(b) It went into the killer's leg.
(c) It went into a window beside the killer.
(d) It went wild.

4. For what reason does Dr. Wright suggest the killer will not go after he, Cuthbert, and Rickman in his fourth floor office?
(a) It will go after easy prey, the group in the subbasement.
(b) It will go after easy prey, the injured outside the museum.
(c) It will not kill after so recently having fed.
(d) It will not kill while the police are outside.

5. How does Moriarty recover the information on the removal of Whittlesey's journal?
(a) By accessing the accession database.
(b) By calling security.
(c) By accessing the backup tapes on the computer system.
(d) By tracing the initials on the original record.

6. How does Smithback manage to get into the library archives?
(a) He pretends to be a reporter from Times.
(b) He flirts with the young, pretty librarian.
(c) He pretends to be a librarian from the science library.
(d) He gets a pass from Dr. Wright.

7. What reason does Rickman give for changing the way in which Smithback is allowed to gather information for his manuscript?
(a) He is interfering in the daily work at the museum.
(b) He is intrusive.
(c) He is unprofessional.
(d) He is unreliable.

8. To whom does Pendergast give credit for killing the creature in Chapter 61?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) Margo.
(c) The creature itself.
(d) Smithback.

9. Who is Spencer Coffey?
(a) The New York Police Lieutenant in charge.
(b) The new FBI agent in charge.
(c) The new director of the museum.
(d) The CIA agent in charge.

10. Where is Smithback during the panic that takes place inside the Superstition Exhibition?
(a) In the exhibit.
(b) In Margo's office.
(c) Under the d'oeuvres table.
(d) Hiding behind a police officer.

11. In Chapter 58, Margo and Pendergast hear survivors in what room?
(a) Central Computer.
(b) Director's office.
(c) Employee break room.
(d) Security Command.

12. In what city were the Whittlesey crates delayed en route to New York?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Miami.

13. In Chapter 51, Pendergast tells D'Agosta to aim at what part of the creature's body in hopes of killing it?
(a) The head.
(b) The legs.
(c) The arms.
(d) The body, the chest or abdomen.

14. What happened to the crew of the Strella de Venezuela?
(a) They all died of dysentery.
(b) They were killed the same way as the victims of the museum murders.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They mutinied.

15. What is Cerro Gordo?
(a) The name of Whittlesey's guide on his expedition.
(b) The tepui that was the ultimate destination of the Whittlesey Expedition.
(c) The name of an artifact found in the Amazon by the Whittlesey Expedition.
(d) The tribesmen who guided the Whittlesey Expedition into the forest of the Amazon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method did Pendergast's wife once use to kill a buffalo charging she and her husband while hunting?

2. In Chapter 58, Margo and Pendergast attempt to find a long, straight corridor to confront the creature for what reason?

3. Where does Pendergast shoot the killer in Chapter 46?

4. Where do Margo and Dr. Frock hide from the creature in Chapter 47?

5. What does Smithback see in Rickman's desk drawer that prompts him to sign the provisions?

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