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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 do scientists think the Mbwun figure was used for by the Kothoga Indians?
(a) Vengence killings.
(b) Religious ceremony.
(c) Satanic worship.
(d) Revenge killings.

2. What event does Pendergast suggest might have to be postponed during the investigation?
(a) The museum employee party.
(b) The Superstition Exhibit opening party.
(c) The museum fund raiser.
(d) The Superstition Exhibit's design and set up.

3. What is the name of the new exhibit being developed for the museum?
(a) Supernatural.
(b) New World Discoveries.
(c) Religious Ceremonies of Aboriginal People.
(d) Superstition.

4. What meal does D'Agosta wish he did not have before attending the autopsy of the two children found dead in the museum?
(a) Double chili cheeseburgers.
(b) Double bacon cheeseburgers.
(c) Double cheeseburgers.
(d) Double hamburgers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Margo not tell the security guard about the noise and the smell she experienced in the Superstition Exhibit hall?

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

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

5. What does the medical examiner find inside the chest of one of the young victims of the museum murders?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What is a scientific expedition?

7. How does Margo end up in the Superstition Exhibit hall in Chapter 20?

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

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

10. 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?

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