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

2. Who does Margo call after leaving the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 21?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) George Moriarty.
(d) William Smithback.

3. What is myth triangulation?
(a) A theory that nothing in a myth is accurate to reality.
(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 myths of a certain region often share three distinct details.
(d) A theory that a myth's location can be determined by the number of people who have heard it.

4. In what part of the museum is Margo Green's office located?
(a) An annex building.
(b) The subbasement.
(c) The top floor.
(d) The basement.

5. What DNA other than human is found to exist inside the claw found in the chest of one of the young victims of the museum killer?
(a) North American Gecko.
(b) Australian Gecko.
(c) Turkish Gecko.
(d) African Gecko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is George Moriarty?

2. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?

3. What is the Secure Area?

4. What section of the Museum of Natural History does Smithback call a strange graveyard?

5. Why do the authors discuss the growing odd behavior of visitors to the museum and the employees of the museum in Chapter 24?

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