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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 are pheromonals?
(a) Hormones that regulate body function.
(b) A fancy word for perfume.
(c) Scent people excrete while in a state of excitement.
(d) Urine animals lay down to mark their territory.

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

3. What does Maxwell find on September 15 that Whittlesey remarks about in his journal?
(a) Indigenous plant with pretty flowers.
(b) Indigenous plants with ancient morphology.
(c) Indigenous plants with unique self defense mechanism.
(d) Indigenous plants with modern morphology.

4. Why does Coffey order the SWAT team out of the museum in Chapter 56?
(a) He has rescued Dr. Cuthbert and he decides that is enough.
(b) He wants to regroup and try again later.
(c) He decides on a better tactic.
(d) He hears a group of them being killed by the creature.

5. In Chapter 62, whose body's does Pendergast reveal were found in the creature's lair?
(a) Moriarty and Cuthbert.
(b) Moriarty and several homeless people.
(c) Dr. Whittlesey and several homeless people.
(d) Dr. Wright and Mrs. Rickman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Margo and Dr. Frock hide from the creature in Chapter 47?

2. In Chapter 62, how many toes does Dr. Frock point out the creature had?

3. What does Smithback see in the room he and D'Agosta's group enters in Chapter 60?

4. For what did Pendergast have Dr. Frock search the accession database?

5. In Chapter 54, where do Margo, Dr. Frock, and Pendergast hope to trap the creature?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the creature comes into Dr. Wright's office in Chapter 56?

3. Who remains stuck inside the Hall of the Heavens with D'Agosta?

4. What does Margo find in the crates? What does she take?

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

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

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

8. What does the extrapolator program say about the DNA taken from the claw that was found inside the chest of one of the museum killer's victims?

9. 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?

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

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