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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many people does Goodwin say live in the Village?
(a) Quarter of a million.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 175,000.

2. What article did Morris Althaus write that led to someone being jailed?
(a) Real Estate Swindles.
(b) The Real Estate Racket.
(c) Pitfalls in Real Estate.
(d) The Realty Racket.

3. How many pages of an unfinished novel were found in Althaus's apartment?
(a) 158.
(b) 384.
(c) 295.
(d) 412.

4. When Wolfe and Goodwin have dinner with Cohen, what is the beef braised in?
(a) Cream sauce.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Mushroom sauce.
(d) White wine.

5. What time does Goodwin go into the kitchen to find Wolfe for the meeting with Althaus's family and associates?
(a) 9:10 p.m.
(b) 9:00 p.m.
(c) 9:30 p.m.
(d) 8:50 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Morris Althaus live?

2. What is Timothy Quayle's position at "Tick-Tock"?

3. Who is Mrs. Bruner to say is sick if she calls and needs to talk with Goodwin or Wolfe?

4. What does Goodwin charge to type up his notes?

5. What time does Goodwin leave the hotel after meeting with Cramer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Goodwin tell Fritz that circumspect means?

2. What does Wolfe decide they have to do after he hears about the meeting with Cramer?

3. What information was Goodwin able to learn about Mrs. Bruner before she came to see Wolfe in Chapter 1?

4. Is Mrs. Althaus surprised to learn that it may have been the FBI who murdered her son?

5. What are Fritz's living quarters like?

6. What does Sarah Dacos tell Goodwin about man she suspects is following her?

7. What do Wolfe, Cohen, and Goodwin talk about over dinner in Chapter 2?

8. What message does Dr. Vollmer give to Goodwin on Thursday morning?

9. What would Goodwin tell Wolfe if he decided to take Mrs. Bruner's job?

10. What did David Althaus do for a living?

(see the answer keys)

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