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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. How many security doors closed when the computer system malfunctioned?
(a) Three out of five sections.
(b) Only the one on the front entrance.
(c) All of them.
(d) Two out of five sections.

2. What politician did Dr. Wright go to college with as revealed in Chapter 34?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) The Senator from New York.
(c) The Governor of New York.
(d) The head of the FBI.

3. Where did the Whittlesey expedition take place?
(a) Upper Xingu River System.
(b) Kalahari Desert.
(c) Caqueta region.
(d) Guaviare plain.

4. In Chapter 51, Pendergast tells D'Agosta to aim at what part of the creature's body in hopes of killing it?
(a) The arms.
(b) The body, the chest or abdomen.
(c) The legs.
(d) The head.

5. Why does the guard in the computer room fire his weapon in Chapter 45?
(a) The computer tech wants to see how to fire a gun.
(b) Fear.
(c) He sees the creature.
(d) He wants to shut down the electricity to stop the panic downstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Whittlesey Expedition get to the upper reaches of the Xingu as described in Whittlesey's journal?

2. Why does George Moriarty remain late in his office in Chapter 33?

3. In Chapter 63, what is Kawakita making a living selling on the streets of New York?

4. What does D'Agosta tell Coffey is his reason for leaving the Hall of the Heavens in Chapter 49?

5. Why can Coffey's team not stop the descent of the security door in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the security set up in the museum? Why is it designed that way?

2. What does Smithback learn about the cargo shipped from the Amazon by Whittlesey before his disappearance in Chapter 27? Why is this significant?

3. Where do Margo and Dr. Frock go in Chapter 45? For what reason?

4. Why does Dr. Frock want to see the crates from the Whittlesey Expedition again?

5. Why did Pendergast's initial shots against the creature fail to kill it?

6. What epiphany does Margo have in Chapter 37 that makes her decide to run the indigenous plants from the Whittlesey crates packing material through the extrapolator program?

7. Why does Coffey instruct Bailey to take command of D'Agosta's group in Chapter 49?

8. What happened to Pendergast's plan to lead D'Agosta and his group to safety? What does this event say about the possibility of rescue for this group?

9. How do D'Agosta and Smithback get their group out of the rising flood waters in the subbasement tunnels? What do they find on the otherside?

10. What does Smithback do in the subbasement in Chapter 54 that turns him into something like a hero?

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