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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pendergast show Dr. Wright that causes the doctor physical discomfort?
(a) Pictures of the mutilated young boys.
(b) A bill for his services.
(c) A tally of the money being lost to the museum during the investigation.
(d) Pictures of the latest crime scene.

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 river bed.
(c) On a gaseous swamp that still released toxic gas into the subbasement.
(d) On an old lake bed.

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

5. What does Whittlesey hope to find on this expedition?
(a) Proof of the religious beliefs of the Kothoga Indians.
(b) Proof of the past existence of the Kothoga Indians.
(c) Proof of the current existence of the Kothoga Indians.
(d) Proof of the satanic rituals performed by the Kothoga Indians.

6. What does the medical examiner find inside the chest of one of the young victims of the museum murders?
(a) A claw.
(b) A museum artifact.
(c) A fingernail.
(d) A knife.

7. Why does Beauregard call for help when he hears a noise in the Superstition Exhibit?
(a) Procedure.
(b) He is afraid.
(c) He wants to show off his bravery.
(d) Orders from Cuthbert.

8. 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) Not returning phone calls, being late to appointments, and not making staff easily accessible.
(c) Instructing staff to answer questions posed by officers incorrectly.
(d) Refusing to allow police access to all areas of the museum.

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

10. What does the security guard tell the red headed child not to touch in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The paintings.
(b) The Indian artifacts.
(c) The lions.
(d) The elephants.

11. 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) A writer researching a fictional book set in the Museum of Natural History.
(d) An assistant curator at the Museum of Natural History writing a book on ancient religions.

12. What piece of jewelry does Whittlesey consider his talisman?
(a) A gold wedding band.
(b) A woman's locket.
(c) A gold encassed bullet.
(d) A gold and a silver arrow.

13. What does Whittlesey see on the dead body on the trial before him that tells him it is human?
(a) A pair of leather boots.
(b) A khaki shirt.
(c) A pair of jeans.
(d) A gun.

14. 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.

15. What happens to D'Agosta at the crime scene in Chapter 14 that has not happened to him in more than twenty years of police work?
(a) He steps in blood at a crime scene.
(b) He moves the body at a crime scene.
(c) He vomits at a crime scene.
(d) He faints at a crime scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?

2. Why does Pendergast call Dr. Cuthbert down to the Secure Area in Chapter 17?

3. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?

4. What does G.S.E. stand for?

5. Who is Charlie Prine?

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