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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 helps Margo get into the secure area of the museum in Chapter 30?
(a) Smithback.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) Pendergast.
(d) George Moriarty.

2. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?
(a) The New York City Police Department.
(b) The Museum of Natural History.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.

3. How much force does the coroner's office suggest it would require to create the lacerations on the security guard's body in one stroke?
(a) The average strength of a human female.
(b) The average strength of a human male.
(c) Four times what a human male can achieve.
(d) Twice what a human male can achieve.

4. Why does Margo not tell the security guard about the noise and the smell she experienced in the Superstition Exhibit hall?
(a) She wants to forget it ever happened.
(b) He already knew about it.
(c) He might think she is crazy.
(d) She does not want him to know she was in there.

5. How does Smithback manage to get into the library archives?
(a) He flirts with the young, pretty librarian.
(b) He pretends to be a reporter from Times.
(c) He gets a pass from Dr. Wright.
(d) He pretends to be a librarian from the science library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the red-haired kid follow his brother, Billy, into a dark, cavernous room?

2. Who asks Margo to lunch in Chapter 28?

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

4. Why does Beauregard call for help when he hears a noise in the Superstition Exhibit?

5. What happened to the crew of the Strella de Venezuela?

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