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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Linnaeus Hall constructed?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1927.

2. What is the name of the curator for the New York Museum of Natural History?
(a) Margo Green.
(b) Olivia Meriam.
(c) Bill Smithback.
(d) Simon Brambell.

3. To what type of philosophy is the following phrase attributed? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
(a) Freudian.
(b) Jungian.
(c) Platonian.
(d) Holmesian.

4. Whose body was found in the basement of the brownstone?
(a) Curly Braddock.
(b) Greg Kawakita.
(c) Vinnie.
(d) Hank Jasper.

5. What story won Smithback great accolades?
(a) The Mkwan story.
(b) The Muskrat story.
(c) The Mbwun story.
(d) The Mrable story.

6. What does the frieze in Linnaeus Hall represent?
(a) Man's inhumanity to man.
(b) God's creation of the world and mankind.
(c) Evolution.
(d) The world's extinct species.

7. What question does Pendergast ask D'Agosta when they see the squatters' fire in the tunnel?
(a) "How many fingers do you see?"
(b) "Shall we retire to the drawing room?"
(c) "You want the ones on the left or the ones on the right?"
(d) "Could this be the break we're looking for?"

8. How does the pool secretary describe the clothing that Smithback's informant was wearing?
(a) Preppy.
(b) A shroud.
(c) Neat as a pin.
(d) Rags.

9. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?
(a) The third rail.
(b) Rats.
(c) Rabid dogs.
(d) Mentally ill inhabitants.

10. What is the name of the Chihuahua that tries to attack D'Agosta?
(a) Jose.
(b) Little Man.
(c) Bruiser.
(d) Petit Chou.

11. Smithback's informant insists that Smtihback must meet whom?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Arnold Murray.
(c) Tail Gunner.
(d) Mephisto.

12. Which two characters in Chapter 12 detest each other?
(a) All of the answers are incorrect.
(b) Brambell and Frock.
(c) Margo and Brambell.
(d) Frock and Margo.

13. What coats the staircase down to the lower level of the tunnels?
(a) Rust.
(b) Lime.
(c) Lichens.
(d) Paint.

14. What show does Brambell pass through to exit the Museum?
(a) The Monsters of the Jurassic.
(b) The Forensic Anthropology exhibit.
(c) The Hall of Africa.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

15. Why is Nick Bitterman going to Belveder Castle?
(a) To attend a business meeting.
(b) To propose.
(c) To have lunch.
(d) To meet his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of biologist is Margo?

2. What is the working theory about the second skeleton found in the waterway?

3. What is the translation given in the book of the phrase "Cui ci sono dei monstri"?

4. What does the waiter bring to Margo and Smithback along with their drinks in Chapter 15?

5. Where do Smithback and Margo have drinks after he runs into her while she is jogging?

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