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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. Why does the guard in the computer room fire his weapon in Chapter 45?
(a) He wants to shut down the electricity to stop the panic downstairs.
(b) He sees the creature.
(c) The computer tech wants to see how to fire a gun.
(d) Fear.

2. How is Ippolito killed in Chapter 48?
(a) The killer grabs him as he attempts to walk through the Superstition Exhibition.
(b) A panicked party goer knifes him.
(c) The killer murders him as he attempts to check the safety of the stairwell.
(d) He falls down the stairs.

3. What weapon does Dr.Wright produce from an office drawer in Chapter 51?
(a) A Colt .35.
(b) A Ruger .357 magnum.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A Smith and Wesson .45.

4. In Chapter 54, where do Margo, Dr. Frock, and Pendergast hope to trap the creature?
(a) In a locked store room.
(b) In an old jail cell in the basement of the museum.
(c) In the rising water of the subbasement.
(d) In the vault where Whittlesey's crates are stored.

5. What does Rickman tell Smithback about notes taken during interviews in Chapter 35?
(a) Smithback is instructed to take detailed notes, but to have them approved by Rickman.
(b) Smithback is encouraged to hire a stenographer to take accurate notes of interviews.
(c) Smithback is forbidden to tape record interviews by can take handwritten notes.
(d) Smithback is forbidden to take notes during interviews.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the Whittlesey crates to get from the Amazon to the Museum?

2. What are pheromonals?

3. In Chapter 62, what reason does Dr. Frock give for not being allowed to autopsy the creature?

4. Why can Coffey's team not stop the descent of the security door in Chapter 46?

5. What does Margo find hidden in the lid of one of Whittlesey's crates in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rickman want Smithback to sign in Chapter 35? Why does he agree to sign?

2. How do D'Agosta and Smithback get their group out of the rising flood waters in the subbasement tunnels? What do they find on the otherside?

3. Who remains stuck inside the Hall of the Heavens with D'Agosta?

4. What changes does FBI Agent Coffey make to the murder investigation and the security plan for the Superstition Exhibition's opening night party?

5. What happened to Pendergast's plan to lead D'Agosta and his group to safety? What does this event say about the possibility of rescue for this group?

6. Why does Coffey instruct Bailey to take command of D'Agosta's group in Chapter 49?

7. What happens to the lights in the museum? What other damage does this cause?

8. Why does Dr. Frock want to see the crates from the Whittlesey Expedition again?

9. Why do Margo and Pendergast go into the secure area and take some of the packing material from Whittlesey's shipping crate in Chapter 52?

10. What is Dr. Frock's theory on the killer in the museum as he explains it to Pendergast in Chapter 29?

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