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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. In Chapter 15, who claimed to have seen the museum creature one morning as it slunk around a corner in the basement?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) Mike Herron from the gift shop.
(c) Dr. Cuthbert.
(d) Carl Conover from the metal shop.

2. What meal does D'Agosta wish he did not have before attending the autopsy of the two children found dead in the museum?
(a) Double chili cheeseburgers.
(b) Double hamburgers.
(c) Double cheeseburgers.
(d) Double bacon cheeseburgers.

3. To what literary work does Whittlesey compare the place where he expects to find the Kothoga people?
(a) Michael Crichton's The Lost World.
(b) Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.
(c) Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
(d) Sheila Burnford's The Incredible Journey.

4. 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 ends in a deadend.
(d) The corridor only goes into the basement.

5. What is wrong with Charlie Prine when Margo sees him? Why?
(a) He is sick because he has the flu that has been going around.
(b) He is under arrest for stealing from the museum.
(c) He is sick because he found two dead bodies.
(d) He is under arrest for murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region of the brain is missing from the security guard autopsied in Chapter 23?

2. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?

3. Who finds being locked in the break room of the museum in Chapter 4 outrageous?

4. What causes Margo to run from the exhibit hall in Chapter 20?

5. Who is William Smithback?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a ballistics analysis and why does Pendergast suggest one be done on the blood at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

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 is odd about the DNA sample the lab tech examines in Chapter 17?

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

5. What happened to the rest of Whittlesey's team?

6. Why is the local bar, The Blarney Stone Tavern, near the museum referred to as The Bones by museum employees?

7. What does Margo smell in the Superstition Exhibit hall that frightens her? Where has the reader heard of this scent previously in the novel?

8. What is a scientific expedition?

9. Why is D'Agosta called to the Computer Room in Chapter 26? What happens while he is there?

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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