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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 what part of the museum is Margo Green's office located?
(a) The basement.
(b) The top floor.
(c) The subbasement.
(d) An annex building.

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

3. What piece of jewelry does Whittlesey consider his talisman?
(a) A gold and a silver arrow.
(b) A gold wedding band.
(c) A gold encassed bullet.
(d) A woman's locket.

4. What is a stevedore?
(a) Someone who loads ships.
(b) Someone who serves food on a ship.
(c) Someone who takes luggage into guest cabins on a ship.
(d) Someone who navigates on a cruise ship.

5. How does Frock suggest the members of the Whittlesey Expedition were killed?
(a) Some by hostile natives and others in a plane crash.
(b) Some by hostile guides and others in a car crash.
(c) All in a plane crash.
(d) All by hostile natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an outgroup in DNA analysis?

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

3. What is myth triangulation?

4. What has caused the cargo for the museum to be delayed?

5. What does Kothoga mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What connection between the killer and the Mbwun figurine does Margo make in Chapter 25?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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