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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Margo accompany Dr. Frock into the basement in Chapter 17?
(a) To visit with Dr. Cuthbert.
(b) To visit with D'Agosta.
(c) To visit with Mrs. Rickman.
(d) To visit with Pendergast.

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

3. Who finds being locked in the break room of the museum in Chapter 4 outrageous?
(a) Dr. Green.
(b) Dr. Freed.
(c) Dr. Kawakita.
(d) Dr. Prine.

4. Why does the guard at the Superstition Exhibit hall door turn Margo away in Chapter 20?
(a) The exhibit is under construction.
(b) The exhibit is not in her scientific specialty.
(c) The exhibit is too dangerous to allow anyone to walk through.
(d) The exhibit is sealed until the opening night party.

5. What section of the Museum of Natural History does Smithback call a strange graveyard?
(a) The storage area of the Physical Anthropology Laboratory.
(b) The Hall of Crustacean Dinosaurs.
(c) The storage area of the Archeology Department.
(d) The Pachyderm Hall.

6. Who is Pendergast?
(a) A CIA agent.
(b) An agent with Homeland Security.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) A New York City cop.

7. 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 is blocked by flood debris.
(b) The corridor can only be accessed by a security card.
(c) The corridor only goes into the basement.
(d) The corridor ends in a deadend.

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

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

11. What does Whittlesey notice about the local vegetation at the site of the hut where the Mbwun was found?
(a) It appears dead.
(b) It appears to overgrowing the hut.
(c) It appears primordial.
(d) It appears florescent.

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

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

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

15. What happens to Ven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He is caught trying to steal.
(b) He is bullied by a group of disgruntled workers.
(c) He sneaks aboard a ship bound for America.
(d) He is attacked by something, an animal perhaps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an herbarium?

2. What is significant about the Mbwun figure?

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

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

5. Who is Charlie Prine?

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