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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 basement.
(b) The top floor.
(c) An annex building.
(d) The subbasement.

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

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

4. What is wrong with Charlie Prine when Margo sees him? Why?
(a) He is under arrest for murder.
(b) He is under arrest for stealing from the museum.
(c) He is sick because he found two dead bodies.
(d) He is sick because he has the flu that has been going around.

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) Dr. Frock.
(c) Dr. Cuthbert.
(d) Carl Conover from the metal shop.

6. Why does Rickman refuse to allow Smithback to write about the Gilborg expedition?
(a) It is too controversial.
(b) It has nothing to do with the Superstition Exhibition.
(c) It was unsuccessful.
(d) It has nothing to do with the museum.

7. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?
(a) Around the neck of a native guide.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In an isolated hut.
(d) On the ground under some old vegetation.

8. What is an herbarium?
(a) A place where illegal drugs are grown.
(b) A place where plant life is stored in the museum.
(c) A place where spices are sold.
(d) A place where seeds can be purchased.

9. What meal does D'Agosta wish he did not have before attending the autopsy of the two children found dead in the museum?
(a) Double bacon cheeseburgers.
(b) Double chili cheeseburgers.
(c) Double hamburgers.
(d) Double cheeseburgers.

10. What do scientists think the Mbwun figure was used for by the Kothoga Indians?
(a) Vengence killings.
(b) Revenge killings.
(c) Satanic worship.
(d) Religious ceremony.

11. 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 was sent for by the director of the museum.
(c) He was sent by Washington D.C. to investigate.
(d) He is curious about animalistic killings.

12. Who is Charlie Prine?
(a) A guest of the museum.
(b) The director of the Museum.
(c) A cop.
(d) A conservation expert in the Anthropology department.

13. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?
(a) Her friend, Jan.
(b) Smithback.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Dr. Frock.

14. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?
(a) It was destroyed in an earthquake.
(b) It sank into soft soil.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It was moved to higher ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Margo call Greg Kawakita in Chapter 20?

3. What region of the brain is missing from the security guard autopsied in Chapter 23?

4. Where do Beauregard's co-workers think he has gone when he disappears from the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 22?

5. Why do the authors discuss the growing odd behavior of visitors to the museum and the employees of the museum in Chapter 24?

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