View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Museum of Unnatural Mystery: Chapters 3-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the Mbwun figure?
(a) It contains the secrets of the jungle.
(b) It contains the secret of the Kothoga.
(c) It represents a figure important to Kothoga mythology.
(d) It is made of pure gold.

2. What does Dr. Frock tell Margo the Ki tribe once used to treat headaches in Chapter 6?
(a) Aloe.
(b) Poppy seeds.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Tree bark.

3. What happens to Ven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He sneaks aboard a ship bound for America.
(b) He is bullied by a group of disgruntled workers.
(c) He is caught trying to steal.
(d) He is attacked by something, an animal perhaps.

4. What piece of jewelry does Whittlesey consider his talisman?
(a) A gold wedding band.
(b) A gold encassed bullet.
(c) A woman's locket.
(d) A gold and a silver arrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has control over the content of William Smithback's writing at the Museum of Natural History?

2. What does Kothoga mean?

3. What relative of Margo's died in the weeks before the opening of the main plot of the novel?

4. To whom does Whittlesey write a letter before sending his crates away?

5. What does the security guard tell the red headed child not to touch in the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 279 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample