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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 27-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Callisto?
(a) A Greek mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a wild creature.
(b) A Roman goddess.
(c) A Greek goddess.
(d) A Roman mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a monster.

2. Under what discipline does Gregory Kawakita work in the Anthropology Department?
(a) Evolutionary mutations.
(b) Ancient tribes of South America.
(c) Evolutionary biology.
(d) Botany.

3. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?
(a) It sank into soft soil.
(b) It was moved to higher ground.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It was destroyed in an earthquake.

4. Who asks Margo to lunch in Chapter 28?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) George Moriarty.
(d) William Smithback.

5. Who is Charlie Prine?
(a) A cop.
(b) A conservation expert in the Anthropology department.
(c) A guest of the museum.
(d) The director of the Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an herbarium?

2. In Chapter 15, who claimed to have seen the museum creature one morning as it slunk around a corner in the basement?

3. Why do the authors discuss the growing odd behavior of visitors to the museum and the employees of the museum in Chapter 24?

4. Why does the guard at the Superstition Exhibit hall door turn Margo away in Chapter 20?

5. Why does Margo call Greg Kawakita in Chapter 20?

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