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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 does D'Agosta want to do as the guests arrive that Coffey overrules in Chapter 42?
(a) Search for poisoned appetizers.
(b) Search for the killer.
(c) Search for weapons.
(d) Search for dead bodies.

2. How is Ippolito killed in Chapter 48?
(a) The killer murders him as he attempts to check the safety of the stairwell.
(b) He falls down the stairs.
(c) The killer grabs him as he attempts to walk through the Superstition Exhibition.
(d) A panicked party goer knifes him.

3. In Chapter 57, what stops the forward motion of the group led by D'Agosta?
(a) A drop in the corridor that is impossible to navigate safely.
(b) A wall of debris.
(c) A dead end.
(d) A wall of water held back by a glass door.

4. What ability does Pendergast believe the creature has that will prevent them from finding safety from the creature?
(a) It can open doors and it knows passages hidden to them.
(b) It can hypnotize people into submission.
(c) It can open doors and slip through the security gates.
(d) It can slip through the secuity gates and ooze through vents.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 62, to what rank is it revealed that D'Agosta was promoted to?

4. Why does Smithback claim he likes the Museum of Natural History's library carrels in Chapter 27?

5. What is the name of the museum curator who began the curating of the Whittlesey crates in 1988?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes does FBI Agent Coffey make to the murder investigation and the security plan for the Superstition Exhibition's opening night party?

2. What contract does Smithback show off four weeks after the creature is killed? With whom does Smithback promise to share any proceeds from the contract?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What is found inside the Superstition Exhibition that begins the panic? Who finds it?

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

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