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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. Why does Smithback claim he likes the Museum of Natural History's library carrels in Chapter 27?
(a) They are cozy and promote conversation.
(b) They are big and roomy.
(c) He can spread out the many books he uses for research.
(d) He can hide, study stolen documents, or sleep.

2. Why is Pendergast at the crime scene in Chapter 14?
(a) He is curious about animalistic killings.
(b) He is investigating a similar set of murders in New Orleans several years before.
(c) He was sent by Washington D.C. to investigate.
(d) He was sent for by the director of the museum.

3. How many cells is the Museum of Natural History divided into by security gates?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Jost Von Oster?

3. What is the Secure Area?

4. To what literary work does Whittlesey compare the place where he expects to find the Kothoga people?

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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