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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 33-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What delays the help Beauregard calls for in Chapter 22?
(a) No one believes him.
(b) The curfew has sent everyone home.
(c) It is a joke.
(d) Everyone is busy.

2. For what did Pendergast have Dr. Frock search the accession database?
(a) Artifacts they might use against the killer.
(b) Artifacts similar to the claw used in the murders.
(c) More crates related to the Whittlesey expedition.
(d) Artifacts the killer might be interested in.

3. What is an outgroup in DNA analysis?
(a) A group of unknown DNA to be compared to the sample being analyzed.
(b) The species with which the DNA is most likely to match.
(c) The DNA being examined.
(d) The control or known DNA type.

4. Where do Beauregard's co-workers think he has gone when he disappears from the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 22?
(a) Inside the exhibit.
(b) Home.
(c) To report them to Dr.Cuthbert.
(d) To lunch.

5. Under what discipline does Gregory Kawakita work in the Anthropology Department?
(a) Botany.
(b) Evolutionary biology.
(c) Evolutionary mutations.
(d) Ancient tribes of South America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the old woman, according to Whittlesey's journal, warn will happen if Whittlesey takes Mbwun home with him?

3. How many claws does the Mbwun figurine have on its front legs?

4. How does Moriarty recover the information on the removal of Whittlesey's journal?

5. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?

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