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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 56-62 and Epilogue, Chapter 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what literary work does Whittlesey compare the place where he expects to find the Kothoga people?
(a) Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
(b) Sheila Burnford's The Incredible Journey.
(c) Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.
(d) Michael Crichton's The Lost World.

2. Where is Whittlesey's Expedition taking place?
(a) Egypt.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) Mexico.
(d) South Africa.

3. 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.

4. Who is William Smithback?
(a) A reporter looking for dirt on the Museum of Natural History.
(b) A writer working on a book about the Superstition Exhibit.
(c) An assistant curator at the Museum of Natural History writing a book on ancient religions.
(d) A writer researching a fictional book set in the Museum of Natural History.

5. What reasons does Pendergast give that the killer is human?
(a) The microscopic evidence left at the scene.
(b) The intelligence with which the killer kills.
(c) The location of the killings.
(d) The precision with which the killer removes the hypothalamus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?

2. What first alerts Pendergast that the killer has come into the corridor with him?

3. In Chapter 61, how much does D'Agosta pay a passerby to call the fire department in order to rescue him and his group?

4. Who is Pendergast?

5. How long did it take the Whittlesey crates to get from the Amazon to the Museum?

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