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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what part of the museum is Margo Green's office located?
(a) The top floor.
(b) The subbasement.
(c) The basement.
(d) An annex building.

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 enemies.
(b) He says he raids the museum at night.
(c) He says he raids cemeteries at night.
(d) He says they are the bones of his ancestors.

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

4. How many claws does the Mbwun figurine have on its front legs?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

6. Why is Pendergast at the crime scene in Chapter 14?
(a) He is investigating a similar set of murders in New Orleans several years before.
(b) He is curious about animalistic killings.
(c) He was sent by Washington D.C. to investigate.
(d) He was sent for by the director of the museum.

7. Who does Margo call after leaving the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 21?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) William Smithback.
(c) George Moriarty.
(d) Gregory Kawakita.

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

9. Who is Beauregard?
(a) A relative of Dr. Cuthbert working in the Superstition Exhibit.
(b) A security guard at the museum guarding the Superstition Exhibit.
(c) A graduate student at the museum working in the Superstition Exhibit.
(d) A cop assigned to guard the Superstition Exhibit.

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

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

12. What relative of Margo's died in the weeks before the opening of the main plot of the novel?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Pendergast suggest might have to be postponed during the investigation?

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

3. Who is Callisto?

4. Why does Margo accompany Dr. Frock into the basement in Chapter 17?

5. What is stenciled on the side of the crates Ven intends to steal?

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