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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 42-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bailey Smith think is the origin of the Museum Beast?
(a) Seedpods from China.
(b) Eggs from the Amazon.
(c) Seedpods from outerspace.
(d) Eggs brought from Siberia.

2. What reason does Rickman give for changing the way in which Smithback is allowed to gather information for his manuscript?
(a) He is unprofessional.
(b) He is interfering in the daily work at the museum.
(c) He is intrusive.
(d) He is unreliable.

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

4. What happens to Ven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He is caught trying to steal.
(b) He sneaks aboard a ship bound for America.
(c) He is bullied by a group of disgruntled workers.
(d) He is attacked by something, an animal perhaps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?

2. Who has control over the content of William Smithback's writing at the Museum of Natural History?

3. What is the name of the new exhibit being developed for the museum?

4. How does Smithback manage to get into the library archives?

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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