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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Whittlesey expedition take place?

2. Why does George Moriarty remain late in his office in Chapter 33?

3. What ability does Pendergast believe the creature has that will prevent them from finding safety from the creature?

4. In Chapter 53, what happens to Bailey?

5. According to Whittlesey's journal, what was the old native woman upset about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Pendergast's initial shots against the creature fail to kill it?

2. For what reason does Dr. Frock and Margo believe the creature kills?

3. What does the extrapolator program say about the DNA taken from the claw that was found inside the chest of one of the museum killer's victims?

4. What epiphany does Margo have in Chapter 37 that makes her decide to run the indigenous plants from the Whittlesey crates packing material through the extrapolator program?

5. Why does Coffey instruct Bailey to take command of D'Agosta's group in Chapter 49?

6. Where does Margo instruct Pendergast to shoot the creature? For what reason?

7. What do Margo, Smithback, and Moriarty learn about the Whittlesey Expedition by reading the accession database in Chapter 28?

8. Who is Montague and what happened to him?

9. Why does Dr. Frock attempt to make all the party guests leave the museum in Chapter 43? Is he successful?

10. How do Margo and Pendergast lure the creature to them a second time? What is Margo's role in this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Smithback end up in the subbasement with D'Agosta and the mayor of New York? Why does Coffey attempt to remove D'Agosta from his role as leader of this rogue group? Why is he not successful? Where does D'Agosta intend to take his group? What keeps them from teaming up with Pendergast? What is following them? How do they know which way to go? What hampers their progress? For what reason? What room do they find themselves in after toward the end of their adventure? What is hanging in this room? What do they later learn is significant about this room? How are they rescued? What do they learn of that room after everything is over?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Pendergast? Where is he from? Why does he come to New York? Why does he become involved in the investigation into the murders at the museum? Does D'Agosta want Pendergast's help? Discuss the relationship between Pendergast and D'Agosta in detail. Why is Pendergast removed from the investigation? What does Pendergast do with this information? Why would Pendergast begin investigating on his own? What does Pendergast know about he creature that other investigator's refuse to believe? How did Pendergast become involved in this investigation in the first place? What does the fact that Whittlesey's cargo was stopped in New Orleans for a time have to do with Pendergast? How does Pendergast eventually kill the creature?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss two of the following. Include in your discussion how the two elements work together to build a strong plot:

1) Setting

2) Character

3) Point of view

4) Language

5) Structure

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