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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. Who is Jost Von Oster?
(a) Head of exhibition arrangement.
(b) Head of security.
(c) Head of the anthropological department.
(d) Head of the osteological preparation area.

2. Why does the red-haired kid follow his brother, Billy, into a dark, cavernous room?
(a) To find his parents.
(b) He is afraid of being lost and alone.
(c) To see the lions.
(d) His mother told him to stay with Billy no matter what.

3. 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 show the growing fear and paranoia involved in the murder investigation.
(b) To explain why the killer chose the museum.
(c) To distract from the main plot.
(d) To fill pages.

4. What does Whittlesey hope to find on this expedition?
(a) Proof of the religious beliefs of the Kothoga Indians.
(b) Proof of the past existence of the Kothoga Indians.
(c) Proof of the current existence of the Kothoga Indians.
(d) Proof of the satanic rituals performed by the Kothoga Indians.

5. Where does the owner of The Blarney Stone Tavern claim he got the bones that he has nailed to the walls of his bar?
(a) He says they are the bones of his ancestors.
(b) He says he raids the museum at night.
(c) He says they are the bones of his enemies.
(d) He says he raids cemeteries at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?

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

3. In what part of the museum is Margo Green's office located?

4. What is the Secure Area?

5. Why is Pendergast at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Margo Green find when she reports for work on Monday morning in Chapter 3?

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 began the rumor of the museum beast?

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

6. What is Margo Green working on at the Museum of Natural History? Who is her adviser?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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