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

2. What does the old woman, according to Whittlesey's journal, warn will happen if Whittlesey takes Mbwun home with him?
(a) He will be a slave to the devil.
(b) He will live a long and productive life, but those around him will die.
(c) He will die a terrible death.
(d) He will bring death on his people.

3. To whom does Pendergast give credit for killing the creature in Chapter 61?
(a) Smithback.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) The creature itself.
(d) Margo.

4. Why has D'Agosta posted a guard in the computer room in Chapter 42?
(a) To keep the killer from hijacking the computer system.
(b) There were earlier complaints of strange noises.
(c) There were threats against the computer system earlier.
(d) To keep the killer from shutting down power to the museum.

5. Who does Dr. Frock turn to to ask for help in clearing out the party in Chapter 43?
(a) Dr. Wright.
(b) Spenser Coffey.
(c) William Smithback.
(d) Gregory Kawakita.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frock think Dr. Wright wants to go on with the Superstition party despite the murders?

2. What did the Kothoga do to receive the gift of the Mbwun from the devil?

3. How many cells is the Museum of Natural History divided into by security gates?

4. How does Smithback manage to get into the library archives?

5. What are pheromonals?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why do Margo and Pendergast go into the secure area and take some of the packing material from Whittlesey's shipping crate in Chapter 52?

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

5. What is Dr. Frock's theory on the killer in the museum as he explains it to Pendergast in Chapter 29?

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

7. Who directs D'Agosta's party out of the Hall of the Heavens? Which members of the group refuse to go?

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

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

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