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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 21-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?
(a) Around the neck of a native guide.
(b) On the ground under some old vegetation.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In an isolated hut.

2. Who does Pendergast tell the independent lab to bill for further testing on the DNA from the claw in Chapter 23?
(a) The New York City Police Department.
(b) The Museum of Natural History.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.

3. Where does the owner of The Blarney Stone Tavern claim he got the bones that he has nailed to the walls of his bar?
(a) He says he raids cemeteries at night.
(b) He says they are the bones of his enemies.
(c) He says they are the bones of his ancestors.
(d) He says he raids the museum at night.

4. What is a dissertation?
(a) A book length work written by a doctoral student on a specific subject.
(b) A research project based on scientific theory.
(c) A lecture presented by a doctoral student to an undergraduate class.
(d) A book report written by a college student.

5. Where was the original Museum of Natural History built?
(a) On an artesian swamp that could not be properly drained.
(b) On a gaseous swamp that still released toxic gas into the subbasement.
(c) On an old river bed.
(d) On an old lake bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does G.S.E. stand for?

2. What is wrong with Charlie Prine when Margo sees him? Why?

3. What has caused the cargo for the museum to be delayed?

4. What happens to Ven at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What is significant about the Mbwun figure?

(see the answer key)

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