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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 does G.S.E. stand for?
(a) Gene Splicer Exercise.
(b) Genetic Science Extrapolator.
(c) Genetic Sequence Extrapolator.
(d) Gene Sequence Exercise.

2. Who is Beauregard?
(a) A relative of Dr. Cuthbert working in the Superstition Exhibit.
(b) A graduate student at the museum working in the Superstition Exhibit.
(c) A security guard at the museum guarding the Superstition Exhibit.
(d) A cop assigned to guard the Superstition Exhibit.

3. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) William Smithback Jr.
(c) FBI Agent Pendergast.
(d) Dr. Frock.

4. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?
(a) With powerful claws containing three points.
(b) With a knife made of animal claws.
(c) With a man-made claw or artifact.
(d) With a weapon that resembles a claw.

5. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?
(a) In a tree.
(b) Around the neck of a native guide.
(c) In an isolated hut.
(d) On the ground under some old vegetation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mbwun mean?

2. What is the name of the new exhibit being developed for the museum?

3. Who is Charlie Prine?

4. Who has control over the content of William Smithback's writing at the Museum of Natural History?

5. Why does Margo accompany Dr. Frock into the basement in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What began the rumor of the museum beast?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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