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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Museum of Unnatural Mystery: Chapters 10-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Charlie Prine when Margo sees him? Why?
(a) He is sick because he found two dead bodies.
(b) He is sick because he has the flu that has been going around.
(c) He is under arrest for stealing from the museum.
(d) He is under arrest for murder.

2. Where and when does the second chapter take place?
(a) London, 1987.
(b) New York, 1995.
(c) The Amazon, 1986.
(d) Brazil, 1988.

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

4. What mistake does security guard Eric Norris make at the crime scene in Chapter 14?
(a) Moves the body.
(b) Steps in blood.
(c) Vomits on evidence.
(d) Calls the police belatedly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused the cargo for the museum to be delayed?

2. What meal does D'Agosta wish he did not have before attending the autopsy of the two children found dead in the museum?

3. What happens to D'Agosta at the crime scene in Chapter 14 that has not happened to him in more than twenty years of police work?

4. To what literary work does Whittlesey compare the place where he expects to find the Kothoga people?

5. What is stenciled on the side of the crates Ven intends to steal?

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