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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 happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?
(a) It burned down.
(b) It was moved to higher ground.
(c) It sank into soft soil.
(d) It was destroyed in an earthquake.

2. 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.

3. Why will Ippolito not allow the law enforcement officers into the Secure Area of the museum in Chapter 14?
(a) He wants them to get a warrant.
(b) He is afraid of repercussions.
(c) He forgot the key.
(d) He forgot the passcode.

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

5. Where were the red-haired child and his older brother, Billy, supposed to meet their parents after visiting the Museum of Natural History?
(a) At grandmother's.
(b) At home.
(c) The front steps.
(d) The gift shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is George Moriarty?

2. To whom does Whittlesey write a letter before sending his crates away?

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

4. What is the Secure Area?

5. Why does a security guard open a door to an interior courtyard in Chapter 12?

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