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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. Why is Pendergast at the crime scene in Chapter 14?
(a) He was sent by Washington D.C. to investigate.
(b) He is investigating a similar set of murders in New Orleans several years before.
(c) He is curious about animalistic killings.
(d) He was sent for by the director of the museum.

2. Who is Pendergast?
(a) An FBI agent.
(b) An agent with Homeland Security.
(c) A New York City cop.
(d) A CIA agent.

3. Who is William Smithback?
(a) An assistant curator at the Museum of Natural History writing a book on ancient religions.
(b) A writer working on a book about the Superstition Exhibit.
(c) A reporter looking for dirt on the Museum of Natural History.
(d) A writer researching a fictional book set in the Museum of Natural History.

4. How does Moriarty recover the information on the removal of Whittlesey's journal?
(a) By calling security.
(b) By tracing the initials on the original record.
(c) By accessing the backup tapes on the computer system.
(d) By accessing the accession database.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reasons does Pendergast give that the killer is human?

2. What does Mbwun mean?

3. What do scientists think the Mbwun figure was used for by the Kothoga Indians?

4. Who is Vincent D'Agosta?

5. Who does Margo call after leaving the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 21?

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