Vocabulary
Replica
What is a copy of something made to look like the original?
The lead character in the story.
Who is Finnegan (Finn)?
It is a gold statue found on an archeological dig.
What is the Horizontal Man?
He wrote The Horizontal Man.
Who is Michael Dahl?
After the last book the Uncle wrote called Cold Feet, people starting sending these to him in the mail.
What are blue shoes?
Taxidermist
What is a person who prepares and stuffs the skin of animals for mounting?
The guardian of the lead character.
Who is Uncle Stoppard?
It's the country where Mr. and Mrs. Zwake were when they disappeared.
What is Iceland?
This is the Uncle's profession.
What is an author of mystery books?
This is where (city or country) The Horizontal Man - who was thought to belong to the Mayans - was found by Finn's parents.
Where is Agualar, Mexico?
Archeologist
What is a person who studies remains of materials from past lifetimes.
Pablo DeSoto
Who is the neighbor who lives across the hall who had the Horizontal Man in his apartment?
This is why Finn can no longer stand to look at or eat raisins
What is because they remind him of the rat turds that were found on the dead body?
This is where an unidentified dead body was found.
Where is the basement of the building where Finn lives?
This is why Finn went into the basement when he discovered the dead body?
Indigo
What is the name for a deep reddish purple color?
Ms. Pryce
Who is the landlady of the building where the dead body was found?
This was found in Pablo's kitchen when Finn returned to visit him after Pablo's trip.
What is a golden spoon made from the same material as The Horizontal Man?
When Finn returned to the attic and was locked in, he found a trunk that contained these that helped him learned about what happened to Aunt Verona.
What are diary entries from his father?
She heard Finn's thumping on the ceiling and rescued him from the basement saying, "your Uncle will pay for any damage to the ceiling".
Who is Ms. Pryce (the landlady)?
Paleontologist
What is a person who studies fossil remains?
Aunt Verona
Who is the aunt whose body was never found while accompanying Finn's parents on an archeological dig?
This is the city (or state) where the main character and his uncle reside.
What is Minneapolis, Minnesota?
When Finn returned to the basement the day after discovering the body and thought he was trapped in the basement, he used these to thump on the ceiling to get help.
What are ski poles?
Miss Brazil and Miss Bellini.
Who are the two nurses who live in another apartment in the building where Finn and Uncle Stoppard live?