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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?
(a) With a man-made claw or artifact.
(b) With powerful claws containing three points.
(c) With a weapon that resembles a claw.
(d) With a knife made of animal claws.

2. Where does the owner of The Blarney Stone Tavern claim he got the bones that he has nailed to the walls of his bar?
(a) He says they are the bones of his ancestors.
(b) He says they are the bones of his enemies.
(c) He says he raids cemeteries at night.
(d) He says he raids the museum at night.

3. What is myth triangulation?
(a) A theory in which a scientist can pinpoint the location of a tribe or artifact by using details in many different myths.
(b) A theory that a myth's location can be determined by the number of people who have heard it.
(c) A theory that myths of a certain region often share three distinct details.
(d) A theory that nothing in a myth is accurate to reality.

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

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

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

7. How does Frock suggest the members of the Whittlesey Expedition were killed?
(a) Some by hostile natives and others in a plane crash.
(b) All in a plane crash.
(c) All by hostile natives.
(d) Some by hostile guides and others in a car crash.

8. Who is Ven?
(a) A dock worker.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A thief.
(d) A dock foreman.

9. 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) Twice what a human male can achieve.
(b) Four times what a human male can achieve.
(c) The average strength of a human female.
(d) The average strength of a human male.

10. What is a stevedore?
(a) Someone who takes luggage into guest cabins on a ship.
(b) Someone who navigates on a cruise ship.
(c) Someone who loads ships.
(d) Someone who serves food on a ship.

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

12. What has caused the cargo for the museum to be delayed?
(a) A customs problem.
(b) Illegal contents.
(c) No one to pay the bill.
(d) Too large to ship.

13. 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) Pictures of the latest crime scene.
(d) A tally of the money being lost to the museum during the investigation.

14. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) William Smithback Jr.
(d) FBI Agent Pendergast.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mistake does security guard Eric Norris make at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

3. Where is Whittlesey's Expedition taking place?

4. Who is George Moriarty?

5. What does Whittlesey hope to find on this expedition?

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