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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smithback see in the room he and D'Agosta's group enters in Chapter 60?
(a) Bones and dead bodies.
(b) Clothing and jewelry taken from the dead.
(c) The creature.
(d) Old artifacts.

2. In Chapter 51, Pendergast tells D'Agosta to aim at what part of the creature's body in hopes of killing it?
(a) The arms.
(b) The head.
(c) The legs.
(d) The body, the chest or abdomen.

3. Why does the guard in the computer room fire his weapon in Chapter 45?
(a) The computer tech wants to see how to fire a gun.
(b) He wants to shut down the electricity to stop the panic downstairs.
(c) Fear.
(d) He sees the creature.

4. In Chapter 62, how many toes does Dr. Frock point out the creature had?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. What happened to the crew of the Strella de Venezuela?
(a) They mutinied.
(b) They all died of dysentery.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They were killed the same way as the victims of the museum murders.

6. What did the Kothoga do to receive the gift of the Mbwun from the devil?
(a) Kill and eat their children.
(b) Kill and eat a rival tribe.
(c) Kill and eat mercenaries.
(d) Kill and eat their enemies.

7. 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?
(a) D'Agosta fires his pistol at a distraught guest.
(b) Officer Bailey fires his shotgun at the creature.
(c) A guest mistakes another guest for the creature.
(d) Smithback tells the story of the museum beast.

8. In Chapter 63, what is Kawakita making a living selling on the streets of New York?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) The plant, Liliceae mbwunensis.
(c) Meth.
(d) Cocaine.

9. What happened to the shot that Pendergast got off on the killer in Chapter 46?
(a) It went into the killer's leg.
(b) It went into a window beside the killer.
(c) It bounced off the killer's skull.
(d) It went wild.

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

11. In Chapter 63, who does Kawakita believe the creature really was?
(a) Montague.
(b) Moriarty.
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Whittlesey.

12. What is Cerro Gordo?
(a) The name of an artifact found in the Amazon by the Whittlesey Expedition.
(b) The tribesmen who guided the Whittlesey Expedition into the forest of the Amazon.
(c) The name of Whittlesey's guide on his expedition.
(d) The tepui that was the ultimate destination of the Whittlesey Expedition.

13. What starts the panic inside the Superstition Exhibition in Chapter 44?
(a) A guest notices the dead body.
(b) A dead body falls from the ceiling.
(c) Someone overhears D'Agosta reporting a dead body on his radio.
(d) Someone spooks at the display of the Mbwun figurine.

14. To whom does Pendergast give credit for killing the creature in Chapter 61?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) Smithback.
(c) Margo.
(d) The creature itself.

15. What is the name of the museum curator who began the curating of the Whittlesey crates in 1988?
(a) Mike Thompson.
(b) Edward Maxwell.
(c) Hugo Montague.
(d) Gregory Kawakita.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 51, D'Agosta finds what impediment between him and escape from the creature?

2. How long does Margo tell Pendergast she and Dr. Frock believe the creature has lived in the museum?

3. What item of Dr. Whittlesey's was found in the creature's lair?

4. In Chapter 60, where does Pendergast first shoot the creature?

5. What is the first problem with Coffey's decision to close all but one of the four gates around the Great Rotunda?

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