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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. In Chapter 49, who leaves rather than tell the police what Dr. Frock and Margo said about the killer?

2. How did the Whittlesey Expedition get to the upper reaches of the Xingu as described in Whittlesey's journal?

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

4. What does Smithback see in the room he and D'Agosta's group enters in Chapter 60?

5. What item of Dr. Whittlesey's was found in the creature's lair?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rickman want Smithback to sign in Chapter 35? Why does he agree to sign?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

9. Where does Margo instruct Pendergast to shoot the creature? For what reason?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There is a large amount of competition in the academic world. Discuss the competition seen in this novel. What kind of competition is involved? Who competes against who? What does Dr. Frock have to say about the competition he finds himself in? Is Margo competing with someone in this novel? If so, in what way and for what reason? What would the academic world be like without competition? How does this competition form and destroy reputations? How important is this competition to the careers of academicians?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail. including examples from the novel:

1) Metaphor

2) Symbolism

3) Simile

4) Object

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