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

2. What is Pendergast searching for in the basement level of the museum in Chapter 46?
(a) A way out.
(b) Unique artifacts.
(c) The killer.
(d) Old passageways.

3. Who is Spencer Coffey?
(a) The new director of the museum.
(b) The New York Police Lieutenant in charge.
(c) The CIA agent in charge.
(d) The new FBI agent in charge.

4. What does Rickman tell Smithback about notes taken during interviews in Chapter 35?
(a) Smithback is instructed to take detailed notes, but to have them approved by Rickman.
(b) Smithback is forbidden to take notes during interviews.
(c) Smithback is encouraged to hire a stenographer to take accurate notes of interviews.
(d) Smithback is forbidden to tape record interviews by can take handwritten notes.

5. What happened to the shot that Pendergast got off on the killer in Chapter 46?
(a) It went into a window beside the killer.
(b) It went into the killer's leg.
(c) It went wild.
(d) It bounced off the killer's skull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Coffey speak to in chapter 52 in an effort to force D'Agosta to move everyone back into the Hall of the Heavens?

3. In Chapter 54, how does Pendergast stop the creature from attacking he, Margo,and Dr. Frock?

4. How does Rickman change the way interviews will be conducted by Smithback for his manuscript?

5. What is unusual about Moriarty's watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What do Margo, Smithback, and Moriarty learn about the Whittlesey Expedition by reading the accession database in Chapter 28?

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

10. Why does Dr. Frock attempt to make all the party guests leave the museum in Chapter 43? Is he successful?

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