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

2. What does Kothoga mean?
(a) Death men.
(b) Shadow people.
(c) Devil's children.
(d) Animal people.

3. Whose body was supposedly found mutilated in the museum, thus starting the rumor of the museum beast as related to Margo in Chapter 15?
(a) A young museum visitor.
(b) A security guard.
(c) A missing curator, Montague.
(d) A past director of the museum.

4. What does the security guard tell the red headed child not to touch in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The Indian artifacts.
(b) The elephants.
(c) The lions.
(d) The paintings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rickman refuse to allow Smithback to write about the Gilborg expedition?

2. What piece of jewelry does Whittlesey consider his talisman?

3. Why does Pendergast call Dr. Cuthbert down to the Secure Area in Chapter 17?

4. What strange scent does Ven smell in the warehouse?

5. In what way does Pendergast suggest Dr. Wright is obstructing the murder investigation?

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