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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 21-26.

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 show the growing fear and paranoia involved in the murder investigation.
(b) To fill pages.
(c) To explain why the killer chose the museum.
(d) To distract from the main plot.

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

3. 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 ends in a deadend.
(c) The corridor only goes into the basement.
(d) The corridor is blocked by flood debris.

4. What is myth triangulation?
(a) A theory that a myth's location can be determined by the number of people who have heard it.
(b) A theory in which a scientist can pinpoint the location of a tribe or artifact by using details in many different myths.
(c) A theory that nothing in a myth is accurate to reality.
(d) A theory that myths of a certain region often share three distinct details.

5. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?
(a) It burned down.
(b) It was destroyed in an earthquake.
(c) It was moved to higher ground.
(d) It sank into soft soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused the cargo for the museum to be delayed?

2. What does the medical examiner find inside the chest of one of the young victims of the museum murders?

3. Under what discipline does Gregory Kawakita work in the Anthropology Department?

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

5. Where do Beauregard's co-workers think he has gone when he disappears from the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 22?

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