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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, He Who Walks On All Fours: Chapters 42-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Margo to run from the exhibit hall in Chapter 20?
(a) The yells of a security guard.
(b) A goat-like smell and red, beady eyes.
(c) The sound of Dr. Cuthbert entering.
(d) A goat-like smell and odd noises.

2. What does Dr. Frock tell Margo the Ki tribe once used to treat headaches in Chapter 6?
(a) Tree bark.
(b) Aloe.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Poppy seeds.

3. In what way does Pendergast suggest Dr. Wright is obstructing the murder investigation?
(a) Not returning phone calls, being late to appointments, and not making staff easily accessible.
(b) Instructing staff to answer questions posed by officers incorrectly.
(c) Refusing to allow police access to all areas of the museum.
(d) Not answering phone calls, not closing the museum down, and cancelling the Superstition party.

4. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) Dr. Frock.
(c) William Smithback Jr.
(d) FBI Agent Pendergast.

5. Why does Margo call Greg Kawakita in Chapter 20?
(a) To ask to use his dissertation notes on the Kiribitu tribe.
(b) To ask help in finding out more information on the Whittlesey Expedition.
(c) To ask help in classifying plants for the Superstition Exhibition.
(d) To ask to use his G.S.E. program.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Pendergast present that the killer is eating the hypothalamus gland of his victims?

2. Where is Smithback during the panic that takes place inside the Superstition Exhibition?

3. What is an outgroup in DNA analysis?

4. Why does Ippolito believe the killer would not have gone away from the crime scene toward the corridor leading to the secure area?

5. What does Whittlesey see on the dead body on the trial before him that tells him it is human?

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