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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 he raids the museum at night.
(c) He says they are the bones of his ancestors.
(d) He says they are the bones of his enemies.

2. To whom does Whittlesey write a letter before sending his crates away?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Crocker.
(c) Maxwell.
(d) Montague.

3. What does Kothoga mean?
(a) Animal people.
(b) Devil's children.
(c) Shadow people.
(d) Death men.

4. What DNA other than human is found to exist inside the claw found in the chest of one of the young victims of the museum killer?
(a) African Gecko.
(b) Turkish Gecko.
(c) North American Gecko.
(d) Australian Gecko.

5. What is Pendergast's theory as to how the killer is murdering his victims?
(a) With a man-made claw or artifact.
(b) With powerful claws containing three points.
(c) With a knife made of animal claws.
(d) With a weapon that resembles a claw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Beauregard call for help when he hears a noise in the Superstition Exhibit?

2. What is a dissertation?

3. Who is Callisto?

4. What does Bailey Smith think is the origin of the Museum Beast?

5. How does Frock suggest the members of the Whittlesey Expedition were killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pendergast show Dr. Frock in Chapter 18? What is Dr. Frock's reaction?

2. In what year does Whittlesey's expedition take place? How long is this before the events depicted in the rest of the novel?

3. Why does Smithback suggest the search for a killer in the museum would be nearly impossible?

4. What connection between the killer and the Mbwun figurine does Margo make in Chapter 25?

5. Why is D'Agosta called to the Computer Room in Chapter 26? What happens while he is there?

6. Where does Whittlesey find Crocker? What does the marks on the body say to Whittlesey about Crocker's fate?

7. What is Dr. Frock's main complaint about Dr. Cuthbert's new exhibit at the Museum of Natural History?

8. Why is the local bar, The Blarney Stone Tavern, near the museum referred to as The Bones by museum employees?

9. What does the director of the museum tell the press after the murder of two children in the museum?

10. What does the medical examiner tell D'Agosta about the missing part of the victim's brain and what it does inside the human body?

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