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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pendergast?

2. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?

3. What region of the brain is missing from the security guard autopsied in Chapter 23?

4. In what part of the museum is Margo Green's office located?

5. How many claws does the Mbwun figurine have on its front legs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Mbwun figure? What happened when it was added to the Superstition Exhibit?

2. How does Margo end up in the Superstition Exhibit hall in Chapter 20?

3. What effect is the murder investigation having on the Museum of Natural History's visitors and staff?

4. What does Pendergast show Dr. Frock in Chapter 18? What is Dr. Frock's reaction?

5. What does Smithback ask Kawakita to help him with in Chapter 25? Why does Kawakita refuse?

6. What is the Callisto Effect?

7. What does the director of the museum tell the press after the murder of two children in the museum?

8. What does Margo smell in the Superstition Exhibit hall that frightens her? Where has the reader heard of this scent previously in the novel?

9. What happened to the rest of Whittlesey's team?

10. What family crisis is taking place in the Green family, forcing Margo to make a decision that could end her dreams of completing her education?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss two of the following. Include in your discussion how the two elements work together to build a strong plot:

1) Setting

2) Character

3) Point of view

4) Language

5) Structure

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following characters and discuss what motivates their actions, thoughts, and emotions:

1) Margo Green

2) William Smithback Jr.

3) Vincent D'Agosta

4) Gregory Kawakita

5) Lavinia Rickman

6) Dr. Frock

Essay Topic 3

Who is Whittlesey? What expedition did he go on? To where? What was the purpose of the expedition? Did Whittlesey find what he was looking for? What happened to the scientists involved in the expedition? Was this related to the relics crated and sent back to the museum? If so, explain. What is assumed was Dr. Whittllesey's fate? What did his journal say about the expedition? Was this helpful tot he murder investigation? What letter did Margo find in the crates related to the expedition? Was this letter helpful in learning about the nature of the creature? What item of Whittlesey's was found in the creature's lair? What conclusion did investigators come to when seeing this item? Is this conclusion correct?

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