View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Superstition Exhibition: Chapters 27-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the owner of The Blarney Stone Tavern claim he got the bones that he has nailed to the walls of his bar?
(a) He says he raids the museum at night.
(b) He says they are the bones of his enemies.
(c) He says they are the bones of his ancestors.
(d) He says he raids cemeteries at night.

2. Who is George Moriarty?
(a) Assistant curator to Dr. Frock.
(b) Assitant curator to Dr. Cuthbert.
(c) A graduate student in architecture.
(d) A reporter.

3. Why does Margo not tell the security guard about the noise and the smell she experienced in the Superstition Exhibit hall?
(a) She wants to forget it ever happened.
(b) He might think she is crazy.
(c) She does not want him to know she was in there.
(d) He already knew about it.

4. How much force does the coroner's office suggest it would require to create the lacerations on the security guard's body in one stroke?
(a) The average strength of a human female.
(b) Four times what a human male can achieve.
(c) The average strength of a human male.
(d) Twice what a human male can achieve.

5. Who does Margo call after leaving the Superstition Exhibit in Chapter 21?
(a) Gregory Kawakita.
(b) William Smithback.
(c) Dr. Frock.
(d) George Moriarty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charlie Prine?

2. What does Bailey Smith think is the origin of the Museum Beast?

3. What is wrong with Charlie Prine when Margo sees him? Why?

4. Why does Smithback claim he likes the Museum of Natural History's library carrels in Chapter 27?

5. In what city were the Whittlesey crates delayed en route to New York?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 360 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample