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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will Ippolito not allow the law enforcement officers into the Secure Area of the museum in Chapter 14?
(a) He forgot the key.
(b) He is afraid of repercussions.
(c) He wants them to get a warrant.
(d) He forgot the passcode.

2. What is wrong with Charlie Prine when Margo sees him? Why?
(a) He is sick because he has the flu that has been going around.
(b) He is under arrest for stealing from the museum.
(c) He is under arrest for murder.
(d) He is sick because he found two dead bodies.

3. Where do Beauregard's co-workers think he has gone when he disappears from the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 22?
(a) Inside the exhibit.
(b) To report them to Dr.Cuthbert.
(c) To lunch.
(d) Home.

4. What is significant about the Mbwun figure?
(a) It contains the secret of the Kothoga.
(b) It is made of pure gold.
(c) It contains the secrets of the jungle.
(d) It represents a figure important to Kothoga mythology.

5. What DNA other than human is found to exist inside the claw found in the chest of one of the young victims of the museum killer?
(a) Turkish Gecko.
(b) Australian Gecko.
(c) North American Gecko.
(d) African Gecko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pendergast?

2. Who is George Moriarty?

3. What does Whittlesey see on the dead body on the trial before him that tells him it is human?

4. What is a stevedore?

5. What section of the Museum of Natural History does Smithback call a strange graveyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a scientific expedition?

2. What is odd about the DNA sample the lab tech examines in Chapter 17?

3. In what year does Whittlesey's expedition take place? How long is this before the events depicted in the rest of the novel?

4. What does Margo smell in the Superstition Exhibit hall that frightens her? Where has the reader heard of this scent previously in the novel?

5. What began the rumor of the museum beast?

6. What family crisis is taking place in the Green family, forcing Margo to make a decision that could end her dreams of completing her education?

7. What does Pendergast require of Dr. Wright in order to begin a successful investigation into the murders in the museum?

8. Why is D'Agosta called to the Computer Room in Chapter 26? What happens while he is there?

9. What are the three conditions Rickman gave to Smithback in the writing of his book in Chapter 13?

10. What effect is the murder investigation having on the Museum of Natural History's visitors and staff?

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