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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. In what way does Pendergast suggest Dr. Wright is obstructing the murder investigation?
(a) Not answering phone calls, not closing the museum down, and cancelling the Superstition party.
(b) Not returning phone calls, being late to appointments, and not making staff easily accessible.
(c) Refusing to allow police access to all areas of the museum.
(d) Instructing staff to answer questions posed by officers incorrectly.

2. Who is Ven?
(a) A thief.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A dock foreman.
(d) A dock worker.

3. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?
(a) To smoke a cigarette.
(b) To check on the security of the courtyard.
(c) To smoke a joint.
(d) To have a snack under the moonlight.

4. In Chapter 15, who claimed to have seen the museum creature one morning as it slunk around a corner in the basement?
(a) Dr. Frock.
(b) Mike Herron from the gift shop.
(c) Carl Conover from the metal shop.
(d) Dr. Cuthbert.

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 lake bed.
(d) On an old river bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Margo in the herbarium in Chapter 15, helping her distract the curator so that she might collect what she needs?

2. Who is Charlie Prine?

3. What event does Pendergast suggest might have to be postponed during the investigation?

4. What does Kothoga mean?

5. Who do D'Agosta and Pendergast wait to see in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 16?

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