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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. Who is Callisto?
(a) A Greek goddess.
(b) A Roman mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a monster.
(c) A Greek mythical woman who was suddenly transformed into a wild creature.
(d) A Roman goddess.

2. Who calls Margo in Chapter 11 that leaves her emotionally drained and upset?
(a) Her friend, Jan.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Smithback.
(d) Dr. Frock.

3. How much force does the coroner's office suggest it would require to create the lacerations on the security guard's body in one stroke?
(a) The average strength of a human female.
(b) Four times what a human male can achieve.
(c) Twice what a human male can achieve.
(d) The average strength of a human male.

4. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?
(a) A security guard.
(b) A missing curator, Montague.
(c) A young museum visitor.
(d) A past director of the museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is myth triangulation?

2. Why does Rickman refuse to allow Smithback to write about the Gilborg expedition?

3. Who developed the theory of myth triangulation?

4. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?

5. Where did Whittlesey find the Mbwun figure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a ballistics analysis and why does Pendergast suggest one be done on the blood at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

2. How does Margo end up in the Superstition Exhibit hall in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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