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

2. What does Rickman tell Smithback about discussions with museum employees on museum grounds?

3. In Chapter 63, what is Kawakita making a living selling on the streets of New York?

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

5. For what did Pendergast have Dr. Frock search the accession database?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What does the extrapolator program say about the DNA taken from the claw that was found inside the chest of one of the museum killer's victims?

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

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

9. Who is Montague and what happened to him?

10. What is Dr. Frock's theory on the killer in the museum as he explains it to Pendergast in Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Metaphor

2) Symbolism

3) Simile

4) Object

Essay Topic 2

Discuss scientific expeditions. What are they? What is the purpose of an expedition? Who goes on these expeditions? Are they restricted just to scientists? What happens to the artifacts taken during these expeditions? For what purpose are these artifacts taken? Should they be taken? Compare and contrast a real expedition with the Whittlesey expedition discussed in this novel. For example, compare the Whittlesey expedition with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Discuss the details of each, what the explorers hoped to find, and what the end result was. What did each of these expeditions do for civilization?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the character relationships below in detail, citing examples from the book:

1) Margo and Smithback

2) Smithback and Rickman

3) D'Agosta and Pendergast

4) D'Agosta and Coffey

5) Coffey and Pendergast

6) Dr. Frock and Dr. Cuthbert.

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