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

2. Why does Rickman refuse to allow Smithback to write about the Gilborg expedition?
(a) It has nothing to do with the Superstition Exhibition.
(b) It has nothing to do with the museum.
(c) It was unsuccessful.
(d) It is too controversial.

3. What is a dissertation?
(a) A book report written by a college student.
(b) A book length work written by a doctoral student on a specific subject.
(c) A lecture presented by a doctoral student to an undergraduate class.
(d) A research project based on scientific theory.

4. Where was the original Museum of Natural History built?
(a) On an old lake bed.
(b) On an artesian swamp that could not be properly drained.
(c) On a gaseous swamp that still released toxic gas into the subbasement.
(d) On an old river bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vincent D'Agosta?

2. What lined the walls of the hut where the Mbwun figure was found?

3. What happened to the original Museum of Natural History in 1911?

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

5. What does Whittlesey hope to find on this expedition?

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