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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a dissertation?
(a) A lecture presented by a doctoral student to an undergraduate class.
(b) A book length work written by a doctoral student on a specific subject.
(c) A research project based on scientific theory.
(d) A book report written by a college student.

3. 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 seeds can be purchased.
(d) A place where spices are sold.

4. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?
(a) With powerful claws containing three points.
(b) With a man-made claw or artifact.
(c) With a weapon that resembles a claw.
(d) With a knife made of animal claws.

5. Who is Callisto?
(a) A Roman goddess.
(b) A Greek mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a wild creature.
(c) A Roman mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a monster.
(d) A Greek goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?

2. What delays the help Beauregard calls for in Chapter 22?

3. What does Kothoga mean?

4. What is the name of the new exhibit being developed for the museum?

5. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a scientific expedition?

2. What family crisis is taking place in the Green family, forcing Margo to make a decision that could end her dreams of completing her education?

3. What does the medical examiner tell D'Agosta about the missing part of the victim's brain and what it does inside the human body?

4. What is the Callisto Effect?

5. What does Smithback ask Kawakita to help him with in Chapter 25? Why does Kawakita refuse?

6. What do the scientists at the independent lab tell Pendergast and D'Agosta in Chapter 23 about the DNA sample taken from the claw found in the chest of one of the victims?

7. What leads Pendergast to suggest the killer of the security guard in Chapter 14 was intent on getting inside the secure area where extremely important and delicate objects are kept within the museum?

8. What does Pendergast require of Dr. Wright in order to begin a successful investigation into the murders in the museum?

9. Why does Smithback suggest the search for a killer in the museum would be nearly impossible?

10. What great find did Whittlesey make shortly after the departure of the other scientists? What does this appear to prove?

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