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

2. What meal does D'Agosta wish he did not have before attending the autopsy of the two children found dead in the museum?
(a) Double chili cheeseburgers.
(b) Double cheeseburgers.
(c) Double bacon cheeseburgers.
(d) Double hamburgers.

3. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?
(a) To smoke a cigarette.
(b) To smoke a joint.
(c) To check on the security of the courtyard.
(d) To have a snack under the moonlight.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Charlie Prine?

3. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?

4. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?

5. What mistake does security guard Eric Norris make at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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