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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 cells is the Museum of Natural History divided into by security gates?
(a) Five.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

2. What first alerts Pendergast that the killer has come into the corridor with him?
(a) A smell.
(b) A noise.
(c) A shape.
(d) A sound.

3. Why does Frock think Dr. Wright wants to go on with the Superstition party despite the murders?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Money.
(c) Fun.
(d) To tempt the killer.

4. Where does Pendergast shoot the killer in Chapter 46?
(a) The leg.
(b) The head.
(c) The belly.
(d) The shoulder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes panic in the stairwell as D'Agosta attempts to lead a group of survivors into the basement of the museum in Chapter 51?

2. What does D'Agosta want to do as the guests arrive that Coffey overrules in Chapter 42?

3. From what city were the Whittlesey crates shipped from in 1988?

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

5. What is Cerro Gordo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What is Wright's major concern as he waits for rescue in his fourth floor office? What does this say about his character?

5. What does Rickman want Smithback to sign in Chapter 35? Why does he agree to sign?

6. What happens to the lights in the museum? What other damage does this cause?

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

8. 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?

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 has George Kawakita done with the information about the indigenous plant packed with Whittlesey's artifacts? What is Kawakita's theory about the creature who terrorized the museum?

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