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

2. How is Ippolito killed in Chapter 48?

3. What is Pendergast searching for in the basement level of the museum in Chapter 46?

4. In Chapter 62, who does Pendergast suggest was the creature's first victim in the museum?

5. Why does Coffey order the SWAT team out of the museum in Chapter 56?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the creature comes into Dr. Wright's office in Chapter 56?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why did Pendergast's initial shots against the creature fail to kill it?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the Kothaga people? How are they related to the Mbwun figurine? What is Mbwun? Relate and discuss the story of the Mbwun. Why is the woman in the Amazon afraid of the Mbwun? How does Margo make a connection between this woman and the packing materials? What are the packing materials? How did they get into the cargo? Why does Margo test the packing materials? What does she find in them? What is it about these materials that drew the creature to the Whittlesey crate for so long? What would have happened if the crate had not been placed in the secure area?

Essay Topic 2

How does Smithback end up in the subbasement with D'Agosta and the mayor of New York? Why does Coffey attempt to remove D'Agosta from his role as leader of this rogue group? Why is he not successful? Where does D'Agosta intend to take his group? What keeps them from teaming up with Pendergast? What is following them? How do they know which way to go? What hampers their progress? For what reason? What room do they find themselves in after toward the end of their adventure? What is hanging in this room? What do they later learn is significant about this room? How are they rescued? What do they learn of that room after everything is over?

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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