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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake does security guard Eric Norris make at the crime scene in Chapter 14?

2. Why did Dr. Cuthbert move the Whittlesey crates into the Secure Area?

3. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?

4. Who is Ippolito?

5. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What effect is the murder investigation having on the Museum of Natural History's visitors and staff?

3. What is odd about the DNA sample the lab tech examines in Chapter 17?

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

5. What does Margo Green find when she reports for work on Monday morning in Chapter 3?

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

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

8. What happened to the rest of Whittlesey's team?

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

10. What is the Mbwun figure? What happened when it was added to the Superstition Exhibit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the Kothaga people? How are they related to the Mbwun figurine? What is Mbwun? Relate and discuss the story of the Mbwun. Why is the woman in the Amazon afraid of the Mbwun? How does Margo make a connection between this woman and the packing materials? What are the packing materials? How did they get into the cargo? Why does Margo test the packing materials? What does she find in them? What is it about these materials that drew the creature to the Whittlesey crate for so long? What would have happened if the crate had not been placed in the secure area?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the character relationships below in detail, citing examples from the book:

1) Margo and Smithback

2) Smithback and Rickman

3) D'Agosta and Pendergast

4) D'Agosta and Coffey

5) Coffey and Pendergast

6) Dr. Frock and Dr. Cuthbert.

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the following characters and discuss what motivates their actions, thoughts, and emotions:

1) Margo Green

2) William Smithback Jr.

3) Vincent D'Agosta

4) Gregory Kawakita

5) Lavinia Rickman

6) Dr. Frock

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