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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 relative of Margo's died in the weeks before the opening of the main plot of the novel?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What is stenciled on the side of the crates Ven intends to steal?
(a) MNH, Los Angeles.
(b) LM, Paris.
(c) MNH, New York.
(d) SM, Washington, D.C.

3. Why does Margo not tell the security guard about the noise and the smell she experienced in the Superstition Exhibit hall?
(a) He already knew about it.
(b) She does not want him to know she was in there.
(c) She wants to forget it ever happened.
(d) He might think she is crazy.

4. Why do the authors discuss the growing odd behavior of visitors to the museum and the employees of the museum in Chapter 24?
(a) To explain why the killer chose the museum.
(b) To fill pages.
(c) To show the growing fear and paranoia involved in the murder investigation.
(d) To distract from the main plot.

5. Where do Beauregard's co-workers think he has gone when he disappears from the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 22?
(a) Home.
(b) To report them to Dr.Cuthbert.
(c) To lunch.
(d) Inside the exhibit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange scent does Ven smell in the warehouse?

2. What is the Secure Area?

3. Under what discipline does Gregory Kawakita work in the Anthropology Department?

4. What happens to Ven at the end of Chapter 2?

5. Where and when does the second chapter take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what year does Whittlesey's expedition take place? How long is this before the events depicted in the rest of the novel?

3. What does the director of the museum tell the press after the murder of two children in the museum?

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

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

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

7. What is a scientific expedition?

8. What began the rumor of the museum beast?

9. What is the Callisto Effect?

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

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