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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. In Chapter 11, what will be served for lunch on Wednesday?
(a) Baked Salmon.
(b) Beef Tenderloin.
(c) Smoked Sturgeon.
(d) Rack of Lamb.

2. Where does Goodwin say he spent his boyhood?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Ohio.

3. When will the group Ten for Aristology have a dinner prepared by Fritz Brenner?
(a) January 9.
(b) January 14.
(c) January 21.
(d) January 18.

4. Who paid part of Frank Odell's lawyer fees when he was convicted in the real estate deal?
(a) Odell's father.
(b) Mrs. Bruner.
(c) Driscoll Renting.
(d) Morris Althaus.

5. Who died at the last dinner for the Ten for Aristology?
(a) Mason Brown.
(b) Vincent Pyle.
(c) Wyatt Irving.
(d) James Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last person to ring the doorbell in the novel?

2. How often does Sarah say that she and Althaus might go out to dinner?

3. How long have Goodwin and Wolfe had the Althaus's murder case?

4. Where is the bank that Goodwin takes the FBI agents' credentials located?

5. How much did Goodwin's evening clothing cost him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discussion do Goodwin and Wolfe have all day and evening Monday and Tuesday?

2. Why does Goodwin say that Inspector Cramer's office is not really shabby, but it is not for show?

3. Why are Wolfe and Goodwin arguing about the itemization of the expenses for Mrs. Bruner's bills?

4. How does Goodwin spot his FBI tails?

5. What does Fritz say about the dinner at Hewitt's?

6. In Chapter 11, what are Goodwin's activities on Wednesday morning?

7. How does Goodwin introduce Panzer, Durkin, and Cather to Mrs. Bruner?

8. Why does Goodwin never join Wolfe if he is in the middle of a meal?

9. Why does Goodwin go out to look at the car at the beginning of Chapter 13?

10. How did Sarah learn about Morris Althaus's murder?

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