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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Margo see in the Superstition Exhibition that makes her think Dr. Frock is right about it being purely for entertainment?
(a) Items for sale.
(b) Recorded spooky sounds.
(c) Strobe lights.
(d) Special lighting.

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

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

5. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?
(a) The gift shop.
(b) At home.
(c) The front steps.
(d) At grandmother's.

6. Why does Ippolito believe the killer would not have gone away from the crime scene toward the corridor leading to the secure area?
(a) The corridor ends in a deadend.
(b) The corridor only goes into the basement.
(c) The corridor can only be accessed by a security card.
(d) The corridor is blocked by flood debris.

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

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

9. Where is Whittlesey's Expedition taking place?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Egypt.
(d) The Amazon.

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

11. 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) His mother told him to stay with Billy no matter what.
(c) To see the lions.
(d) To find his parents.

12. Why does Margo call Greg Kawakita in Chapter 20?
(a) To ask help in finding out more information on the Whittlesey Expedition.
(b) To ask to use his dissertation notes on the Kiribitu tribe.
(c) To ask to use his G.S.E. program.
(d) To ask help in classifying plants for the Superstition Exhibition.

13. Why does Pendergast call Dr. Cuthbert down to the Secure Area in Chapter 17?
(a) To show them the entire storage area.
(b) To show them the Siberian eggs.
(c) To show them the Mbwun figure.
(d) To show them the Whittlesey crates.

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

15. What does Mbwun mean?
(a) Devil's child.
(b) He Who Runs on Two.
(c) Shadow man.
(d) He Who Walks on all Fours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vincent D'Agosta?

2. What causes Margo to run from the exhibit hall in Chapter 20?

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

4. What is myth triangulation?

5. Who is George Moriarty?

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