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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 mistake does security guard Eric Norris make at the crime scene in Chapter 14?
(a) Moves the body.
(b) Vomits on evidence.
(c) Steps in blood.
(d) Calls the police belatedly.

2. What happens to Ven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He is attacked by something, an animal perhaps.
(b) He sneaks aboard a ship bound for America.
(c) He is bullied by a group of disgruntled workers.
(d) He is caught trying to steal.

3. What lined the walls of the hut where the Mbwun figure was found?
(a) Carvings.
(b) Bones.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Skulls.

4. Who developed the theory of myth triangulation?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) Dr. Whittlesey.
(c) Dr. Cuthbert.
(d) Dr. Wright.

5. What is myth triangulation?
(a) A theory that a myth's location can be determined by the number of people who have heard it.
(b) A theory that myths of a certain region often share three distinct details.
(c) A theory that nothing in a myth is accurate to reality.
(d) A theory in which a scientist can pinpoint the location of a tribe or artifact by using details in many different myths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kothoga mean?

3. What happens to D'Agosta at the crime scene in Chapter 14 that has not happened to him in more than twenty years of police work?

4. What does Margo see in the Superstition Exhibition that makes her think Dr. Frock is right about it being purely for entertainment?

5. Who is Pendergast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect is the murder investigation having on the Museum of Natural History's visitors and staff?

3. Where does Whittlesey find Crocker? What does the marks on the body say to Whittlesey about Crocker's fate?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What is a scientific expedition?

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