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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. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?
(a) A security guard.
(b) A young museum visitor.
(c) A missing curator, Montague.
(d) A past director of the museum.

2. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?
(a) Smithback.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her friend, Jan.
(d) Dr. Frock.

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

4. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?
(a) With a knife made of animal claws.
(b) With a weapon that resembles a claw.
(c) With a man-made claw or artifact.
(d) With powerful claws containing three points.

5. Where was the original Museum of Natural History built?
(a) On an old river bed.
(b) On a gaseous swamp that still released toxic gas into the subbasement.
(c) On an old lake bed.
(d) On an artesian swamp that could not be properly drained.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Margo accompany Dr. Frock into the basement in Chapter 17?

3. What does Margo find hidden in the lid of one of Whittlesey's crates in Chapter 30?

4. What does Margo see in the Superstition Exhibition that makes her think Dr. Frock is right about it being purely for entertainment?

5. Why will Ippolito not allow the law enforcement officers into the Secure Area of the museum in Chapter 14?

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