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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, He Who Walks On All Fours: Chapters 49-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Pendergast suggest might have to be postponed during the investigation?
(a) The Superstition Exhibit's design and set up.
(b) The museum employee party.
(c) The museum fund raiser.
(d) The Superstition Exhibit opening party.

2. What happened to the shot that Pendergast got off on the killer in Chapter 46?
(a) It bounced off the killer's skull.
(b) It went into a window beside the killer.
(c) It went wild.
(d) It went into the killer's leg.

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

4. What causes panic in the stairwell as D'Agosta attempts to lead a group of survivors into the basement of the museum in Chapter 51?
(a) Officer Bailey fires his shotgun at the creature.
(b) D'Agosta fires his pistol at a distraught guest.
(c) A guest mistakes another guest for the creature.
(d) Smithback tells the story of the museum beast.

5. What happens to D'Agosta at the crime scene in Chapter 14 that has not happened to him in more than twenty years of police work?
(a) He steps in blood at a crime scene.
(b) He faints at a crime scene.
(c) He moves the body at a crime scene.
(d) He vomits at a crime scene.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rickman tell Smithback about discussions with museum employees on museum grounds?

3. What starts the panic inside the Superstition Exhibition in Chapter 44?

4. Why is Pendergast at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

5. Why does Ippolito believe the killer would not have gone away from the crime scene toward the corridor leading to the secure area?

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