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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 58, Margo and Pendergast hear survivors in what room?
2. What reason does Rickman give for changing the way in which Smithback is allowed to gather information for his manuscript?
3. Where did the Whittlesey expedition take place?
4. How many cells is the Museum of Natural History divided into by security gates?
5. What is the first problem with Coffey's decision to close all but one of the four gates around the Great Rotunda?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Coffey instruct Bailey to take command of D'Agosta's group in Chapter 49?
3. Why did Pendergast's initial shots against the creature fail to kill it?
4. What is Wright's major concern as he waits for rescue in his fourth floor office? What does this say about his character?
5. What do Margo, Smithback, and Moriarty learn about the Whittlesey Expedition by reading the accession database in Chapter 28?
6. Who remains stuck inside the Hall of the Heavens with D'Agosta?
7. 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?
8. What does Margo find in the crates? What does she take?
9. What is Dr. Frock's theory on the killer in the museum as he explains it to Pendergast in Chapter 29?
10. What changes does FBI Agent Coffey make to the murder investigation and the security plan for the Superstition Exhibition's opening night party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Museum of Natural History. How true to the real museum were the writers of this novel? Discuss what real visitors to the Museum of Natural History might hope to see. How do the real exhibits of the museum compare to the fictional exhibit discussed in this novel? Why did the writers chose to set their novel in such a setting? How does the setting of this novel affect the overall plot of the novel? How might the novel have been different if it were set somewhere else?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the creature. Why does the creature kill? What is it seeking from the people it kills? How did the creature fulfill this desire before coming to New York? How did the creature meet its requirements before traveling out of the Amazon? What happened to this source of nourishment? Why did the ship carrying the creature to New York stop in New Orleans? Who investigated this mysterious situation in New Orleans? How does that relate to the events described in this novel? How did the creature keep its existence hidden for more than five years in the Museum of Natural History? What changed and forced the creature to make its presence known?
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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