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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 material do Margo and Smithback learn Whittlesey used to pack is crates?
(a) Flowers sold by street vendors.
(b) Indigenous plants.
(c) Styrofoam peanuts.
(d) Kothoga healing herbs.

2. How long did it take the Whittlesey crates to get from the Amazon to the Museum?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two and a half years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two months.

3. In Chapter 54, where do Margo, Dr. Frock, and Pendergast hope to trap the creature?
(a) In the vault where Whittlesey's crates are stored.
(b) In a locked store room.
(c) In the rising water of the subbasement.
(d) In an old jail cell in the basement of the museum.

4. In Chapter 62, who does Pendergast suggest was the creature's first victim in the museum?
(a) Montague.
(b) Moriarty.
(c) The two young boys.
(d) A security guard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the honor of cutting the ribbon on the Superstition Exhibition in Chapter 44?

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 61, how much does D'Agosta pay a passerby to call the fire department in order to rescue him and his group?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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. For what reason does Dr. Frock and Margo believe the creature kills?

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

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

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

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

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

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