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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. Why do the authors discuss the growing odd behavior of visitors to the museum and the employees of the museum in Chapter 24?
(a) To distract from the main plot.
(b) To show the growing fear and paranoia involved in the murder investigation.
(c) To explain why the killer chose the museum.
(d) To fill pages.

2. What does Rickman tell Smithback about discussions with museum employees on museum grounds?
(a) Smithback is to leave museum property and not speak to anyone involved with the museum.
(b) Smithback is encouraged to talk only to employees involved in the Superstition Exhibit.
(c) Smithback is encouraged to speak to anyone and everyone he thinks will be helpful.
(d) Smithback is not to talk to any employees about museum matters without prior written authorization.

3. What section of the Museum of Natural History does Smithback call a strange graveyard?
(a) The Pachyderm Hall.
(b) The storage area of the Physical Anthropology Laboratory.
(c) The storage area of the Archeology Department.
(d) The Hall of Crustacean Dinosaurs.

4. What does Margo find hidden in the lid of one of Whittlesey's crates in Chapter 30?
(a) A journal.
(b) A letter.
(c) A shaman's rattle.
(d) A decorated disc.

5. To whom does Whittlesey write a letter before sending his crates away?
(a) Crocker.
(b) Maxwell.
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Montague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jost Von Oster?

2. What is the name of the museum curator who began the curating of the Whittlesey crates in 1988?

3. 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?

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

5. How long does Margo tell Pendergast she and Dr. Frock believe the creature has lived in the museum?

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