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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. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?
(a) The front steps.
(b) At home.
(c) The gift shop.
(d) At grandmother's.

2. Who is Beauregard?
(a) A graduate student at the museum working in the Superstition Exhibit.
(b) A cop assigned to guard the Superstition Exhibit.
(c) A relative of Dr. Cuthbert working in the Superstition Exhibit.
(d) A security guard at the museum guarding the Superstition Exhibit.

3. In what way does Pendergast suggest Dr. Wright is obstructing the murder investigation?
(a) Refusing to allow police access to all areas of the museum.
(b) Instructing staff to answer questions posed by officers incorrectly.
(c) Not returning phone calls, being late to appointments, and not making staff easily accessible.
(d) Not answering phone calls, not closing the museum down, and cancelling the Superstition party.

4. What does Bailey Smith think is the origin of the Museum Beast?
(a) Seedpods from outerspace.
(b) Eggs brought from Siberia.
(c) Seedpods from China.
(d) Eggs from the Amazon.

5. Why does Ippolito believe the killer would not have gone away from the crime scene toward the corridor leading to the secure area?
(a) The corridor can only be accessed by a security card.
(b) The corridor only goes into the basement.
(c) The corridor is blocked by flood debris.
(d) The corridor ends in a deadend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?

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

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

4. Where does the owner of The Blarney Stone Tavern claim he got the bones that he has nailed to the walls of his bar?

5. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?

(see the answer key)

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