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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. What region of the brain is missing from the security guard autopsied in Chapter 23?
(a) Right hemisphere.
(b) Thalamoid region.
(c) Brain stem.
(d) Pituitary gland.

2. Why will Ippolito not allow the law enforcement officers into the Secure Area of the museum in Chapter 14?
(a) He is afraid of repercussions.
(b) He wants them to get a warrant.
(c) He forgot the key.
(d) He forgot the passcode.

3. What does Whittlesey notice about the local vegetation at the site of the hut where the Mbwun was found?
(a) It appears florescent.
(b) It appears to overgrowing the hut.
(c) It appears primordial.
(d) It appears dead.

4. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?
(a) To have a snack under the moonlight.
(b) To smoke a cigarette.
(c) To check on the security of the courtyard.
(d) To smoke a joint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do D'Agosta and Pendergast wait to see in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 16?

2. Why does Margo not tell the security guard about the noise and the smell she experienced in the Superstition Exhibit hall?

3. Who is Pendergast?

4. What section of the Museum of Natural History does Smithback call a strange graveyard?

5. What event does Pendergast suggest might have to be postponed during the investigation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smithback ask Kawakita to help him with in Chapter 25? Why does Kawakita refuse?

2. What do the scientists at the independent lab tell Pendergast and D'Agosta in Chapter 23 about the DNA sample taken from the claw found in the chest of one of the victims?

3. What great find did Whittlesey make shortly after the departure of the other scientists? What does this appear to prove?

4. What family crisis is taking place in the Green family, forcing Margo to make a decision that could end her dreams of completing her education?

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

6. What leads Pendergast to suggest the killer of the security guard in Chapter 14 was intent on getting inside the secure area where extremely important and delicate objects are kept within the museum?

7. What does Pendergast require of Dr. Wright in order to begin a successful investigation into the murders in the museum?

8. What is Margo Green working on at the Museum of Natural History? Who is her adviser?

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

10. What is Dr. Whittlesey doing as the novel begins? Why is this important?

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