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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. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?
(a) It was moved to higher ground.
(b) It was destroyed in an earthquake.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It sank into soft soil.

2. What event does Pendergast suggest might have to be postponed during the investigation?
(a) The Superstition Exhibit's design and set up.
(b) The museum fund raiser.
(c) The museum employee party.
(d) The Superstition Exhibit opening party.

3. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?
(a) To smoke a joint.
(b) To smoke a cigarette.
(c) To check on the security of the courtyard.
(d) To have a snack under the moonlight.

4. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The New York City Police Department.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The Museum of Natural History.

5. Why did Dr. Cuthbert move the Whittlesey crates into the Secure Area?
(a) To protect them from someone attempting to steal something out of them.
(b) To keep someone from curating them.
(c) To keep someone from using them in a different exhibit.
(d) To keep someone from breaking something inside.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?

3. Where was the original Museum of Natural History built?

4. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?

5. Why does Margo not tell the security guard about the noise and the smell she experienced in the Superstition Exhibit hall?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Dr. Frock's main complaint about Dr. Cuthbert's new exhibit at the Museum of Natural History?

3. 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?

4. Where does Whittlesey find Crocker? What does the marks on the body say to Whittlesey about Crocker's fate?

5. What is Dr. Whittlesey doing as the novel begins? Why is this important?

6. 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?

7. What is the Mbwun figure? What happened when it was added to the Superstition Exhibit?

8. What is a scientific expedition?

9. What does Pendergast show Dr. Frock in Chapter 18? What is Dr. Frock's reaction?

10. What are the three conditions Rickman gave to Smithback in the writing of his book in Chapter 13?

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