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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, He Who Walks On All Fours: Chapters 42-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What damage does the gun fire in the computer room do that affects the entire museum?
(a) Takes out the back up tapes.
(b) Takes out the central switching system, shutting of the power.
(c) Takes out the main terminal, shutting down the computer system.
(d) Takes out the main accession data base.

2. Who does Margo call after leaving the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 21?
(a) William Smithback.
(b) George Moriarty.
(c) Gregory Kawakita.
(d) Dr. Frock.

3. What is an outgroup in DNA analysis?
(a) The species with which the DNA is most likely to match.
(b) A group of unknown DNA to be compared to the sample being analyzed.
(c) The DNA being examined.
(d) The control or known DNA type.

4. What amusing program does the computer programmer show the police officer guarding the computer room in Chapter 42?
(a) Multiplying bugs that eventually eat one another.
(b) Mummies multiplying and then exploding.
(c) Mummies exploring the words on the screen.
(d) Multiplying bugs that explode.

5. Why does Rickman refuse to allow Smithback to write about the Gilborg expedition?
(a) It has nothing to do with the Superstition Exhibition.
(b) It was unsuccessful.
(c) It is too controversial.
(d) It has nothing to do with the museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ippolito believe the killer would not have gone away from the crime scene toward the corridor leading to the secure area?

2. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?

3. Why does the guard in the computer room fire his weapon in Chapter 45?

4. What delays the help Beauregard calls for in Chapter 22?

5. What region of the brain is missing from the security guard autopsied in Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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