The Strange Case of the Musgrave Ritual Vocab Quiz

Mariah’s hair was a bit __________ after track practice, so she put it in a ponytail.

• disheveled
• bewilderment

• deduction

• forensic

My mom, who is a __________ scientist, checked the cookie jar for fingerprints. She wanted to see which of my siblings was guilty!

• helm

• forensic

• inherit

• inquiry

I tried to smile and nod politely when Great-Uncle Tommy told me I would __________ his beloved pet rat.

• deduction

• forensic

• inherit

• bewilderment

Edward decided to make a(n) __________ into why the pizza shop had stopped selling his favorite type of pizza: pineapple and bacon.

• inquiry
• bewilderment

• helm

• forensic

When I was little, I would dress up as a medieval knight, using tinfoil to make a(n) __________.

• deduction

• disheveled

• inherit

• helm

When Tyler got home, he made a __________ that his mom was baking brownies. There was a strong smell of chocolate in the air, and he heard the ding of the kitchen timer.

• inquiry

• deduction

• helm

• disheveled

Lena stared at her parents in __________ as they told her about their plan to move to the North Pole.

• bewilderment
• deduction

• forensic

• inquiry

messy, untidy or disorderly

• bewilderment

• deduction

• disheveled

• forensic

• helm

to receive something from someone when they die OR to receive by a parent or family member from genetics

• bewilderment

• deduction

• disheveled

• inquiry

• inherit

the feeling of being lost, perplexed, or confused

• deduction

• helm

• disheveled

• bewilderment

• forensic