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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has D'Agosta posted a guard in the computer room in Chapter 42?
(a) To keep the killer from shutting down power to the museum.
(b) There were threats against the computer system earlier.
(c) There were earlier complaints of strange noises.
(d) To keep the killer from hijacking the computer system.

2. How does Rickman change the way interviews will be conducted by Smithback for his manuscript?
(a) He must conduct interviews on museum property.
(b) He must conduct interviews with only approved employees.
(c) He must conduct interviews in the director's presence.
(d) He must conduct interviews in Rickman's presence.

3. What is unusual about Moriarty's watch?
(a) It is a Rolex.
(b) It is a gift from the mayor of New York.
(c) It is a pocket watch.
(d) It is a sundial.

4. Who is Spencer Coffey?
(a) The CIA agent in charge.
(b) The new director of the museum.
(c) The new FBI agent in charge.
(d) The New York Police Lieutenant in charge.

5. Who asks Margo to lunch in Chapter 28?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) William Smithback.
(c) Dr. Frock.
(d) George Moriarty.

6. In Chapter 62, what reason does Dr. Frock give for not being allowed to autopsy the creature?
(a) Margo refused to assist him.
(b) The FBI took the body away.
(c) He cannot perform autopsies from his wheelchair.
(d) The medical examiner refused to allow him to use the proper facilities.

7. What first alerts Pendergast that the killer has come into the corridor with him?
(a) A noise.
(b) A sound.
(c) A shape.
(d) A smell.

8. In Chapter 62, for what reason is the plant, posthumously named Liliceae mbwunensis, thought to be extinct?
(a) The FBI ordered the destruction of the plant, including what might remain on the tepui.
(b) The creature ate all samples of the plant.
(c) The plants brought to the museum died.
(d) The government napalmed the tepui and are mining there.

9. In Chapter 54, where do Margo, Dr. Frock, and Pendergast hope to trap the creature?
(a) In the rising water of the subbasement.
(b) In the vault where Whittlesey's crates are stored.
(c) In a locked store room.
(d) In an old jail cell in the basement of the museum.

10. What does Rickman tell Smithback about notes taken during interviews in Chapter 35?
(a) Smithback is encouraged to hire a stenographer to take accurate notes of interviews.
(b) Smithback is forbidden to tape record interviews by can take handwritten notes.
(c) Smithback is forbidden to take notes during interviews.
(d) Smithback is instructed to take detailed notes, but to have them approved by Rickman.

11. How many cells is the Museum of Natural History divided into by security gates?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

12. Who helps Margo get into the secure area of the museum in Chapter 30?
(a) Smithback.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) George Moriarty.
(d) Pendergast.

13. For what did Pendergast have Dr. Frock search the accession database?
(a) More crates related to the Whittlesey expedition.
(b) Artifacts similar to the claw used in the murders.
(c) Artifacts the killer might be interested in.
(d) Artifacts they might use against the killer.

14. In Chapter 62, to what rank is it revealed that D'Agosta was promoted to?
(a) Captain.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Private.
(d) Lieutenant.

15. In Chapter 58, Margo and Pendergast hear survivors in what room?
(a) Employee break room.
(b) Director's office.
(c) Central Computer.
(d) Security Command.

Short Answer Questions

1. What politician did Dr. Wright go to college with as revealed in Chapter 34?

2. What causes panic in the stairwell as D'Agosta attempts to lead a group of survivors into the basement of the museum in Chapter 51?

3. What does the commander of the SWAT team tell Coffey is his priority once inside the museum?

4. Where does Pendergast shoot the killer in Chapter 46?

5. What method did Pendergast's wife once use to kill a buffalo charging she and her husband while hunting?

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