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

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

3. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?
(a) Smithback.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her friend, Jan.
(d) Dr. Frock.

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

5. What does Kothoga mean?
(a) Animal people.
(b) Devil's children.
(c) Shadow people.
(d) Death men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do D'Agosta and Pendergast wait to see in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 16?

2. Why did Dr. Cuthbert move the Whittlesey crates into the Secure Area?

3. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?

4. How does Frock suggest the members of the Whittlesey Expedition were killed?

5. What does Mbwun mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Dr. Frock's main complaint about Dr. Cuthbert's new exhibit at the Museum of Natural History?

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

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

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 the Mbwun figure? What happened when it was added to the Superstition Exhibit?

9. What is the Callisto Effect?

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

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