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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Museum of Unnatural History: Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pendergast call Dr. Cuthbert down to the Secure Area in Chapter 17?
(a) To show them the Siberian eggs.
(b) To show them the entire storage area.
(c) To show them the Mbwun figure.
(d) To show them the Whittlesey crates.

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

3. Why does the red-haired kid follow his brother, Billy, into a dark, cavernous room?
(a) To see the lions.
(b) He is afraid of being lost and alone.
(c) His mother told him to stay with Billy no matter what.
(d) To find his parents.

4. To what literary work does Whittlesey compare the place where he expects to find the Kothoga people?
(a) Michael Crichton's The Lost World.
(b) Sheila Burnford's The Incredible Journey.
(c) Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.
(d) Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth.

5. What is a stevedore?
(a) Someone who loads ships.
(b) Someone who serves food on a ship.
(c) Someone who navigates on a cruise ship.
(d) Someone who takes luggage into guest cabins on a ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is George Moriarty?

2. What is significant about the Mbwun figure?

3. What does Margo see in the Superstition Exhibition that makes her think Dr. Frock is right about it being purely for entertainment?

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

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

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