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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the red-haired kid follow his brother, Billy, into a dark, cavernous room?
(a) To see the lions.
(b) To find his parents.
(c) His mother told him to stay with Billy no matter what.
(d) He is afraid of being lost and alone.

2. Who do D'Agosta and Pendergast wait to see in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 16?
(a) Mrs. Rickman, the public relations director.
(b) Dr. Wright, the director of the museum.
(c) Dr. Cuthbert, curator of the Superstition Exhibit.
(d) Dr. Frock, director of anthropology.

3. Where was the original Museum of Natural History built?
(a) On an artesian swamp that could not be properly drained.
(b) On an old lake bed.
(c) On an old river bed.
(d) On a gaseous swamp that still released toxic gas into the subbasement.

4. Where and when does the second chapter take place?
(a) New York, 1995.
(b) London, 1987.
(c) Brazil, 1988.
(d) The Amazon, 1986.

5. In Chapter 15, who claimed to have seen the museum creature one morning as it slunk around a corner in the basement?
(a) Mike Herron from the gift shop.
(b) Carl Conover from the metal shop.
(c) Dr. Cuthbert.
(d) Dr. Frock.

6. What does G.S.E. stand for?
(a) Genetic Science Extrapolator.
(b) Gene Sequence Exercise.
(c) Genetic Sequence Extrapolator.
(d) Gene Splicer Exercise.

7. How much force does the coroner's office suggest it would require to create the lacerations on the security guard's body in one stroke?
(a) Four times what a human male can achieve.
(b) The average strength of a human female.
(c) Twice what a human male can achieve.
(d) The average strength of a human male.

8. Who has control over the content of William Smithback's writing at the Museum of Natural History?
(a) Dr. Cuthbert, Museum Curator.
(b) Dr. Frock, Museum Curator.
(c) Dr. Wright, Museum Director.
(d) Lavinia Rickman, Public Relations Officer.

9. Who is George Moriarty?
(a) Assitant curator to Dr. Cuthbert.
(b) A graduate student in architecture.
(c) A reporter.
(d) Assistant curator to Dr. Frock.

10. 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) Michael Crichton's The Lost World.
(d) Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.

11. Who is Ippolito?
(a) Head of Security for the museum.
(b) Head of the homicide division of the New York City Police Department.
(c) Head of Public Relations for the museum.
(d) Head of the New York office of the FBI.

12. What does Dr. Frock tell Margo the Ki tribe once used to treat headaches in Chapter 6?
(a) Poppy seeds.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Aloe.

13. In what way does Pendergast suggest Dr. Wright is obstructing the murder investigation?
(a) Not answering phone calls, not closing the museum down, and cancelling the Superstition party.
(b) Refusing to allow police access to all areas of the museum.
(c) Instructing staff to answer questions posed by officers incorrectly.
(d) Not returning phone calls, being late to appointments, and not making staff easily accessible.

14. What section of the Museum of Natural History does Smithback call a strange graveyard?
(a) The storage area of the Physical Anthropology Laboratory.
(b) The Pachyderm Hall.
(c) The storage area of the Archeology Department.
(d) The Hall of Crustacean Dinosaurs.

15. Who is Callisto?
(a) A Greek mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a wild creature.
(b) A Roman mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a monster.
(c) A Roman goddess.
(d) A Greek goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is William Smithback?

2. What relative of Margo's died in the weeks before the opening of the main plot of the novel?

3. Who developed the theory of myth triangulation?

4. What is a dissertation?

5. Who is Charlie Prine?

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