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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Daily Fluxion?
(a) The changing tides.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) An antique magazine.
(d) An eccentric clock.

2. Why is Qwilleran disappointed before dinner after returning from Nicolas's shop?
(a) He has received no mail.
(b) There is nothing to eat in his flat.
(c) He cannot find Koko and Yum Yum.
(d) He cannot find anyone to go with him to the Press Club.

3. What accident does Qwilleran have as he leaves Ben Nicolas's shop?
(a) He slips on the icy sidewalk.
(b) He trips on a loose board.
(c) He is hit by snow falling from the roof.
(d) He bumps into a lamp post.

4. What had Mary found at Andy's place identical to what Qwilleran found in his apartment?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) A feather.
(c) A strangely folded twenty-dollar bill.
(d) A piece of lead pipe.

5. What is Mary's explanation for the call taken by Qwilleran?
(a) That bad weather messed up the lines.
(b) That the caller probably thought it was a wrong number.
(c) That Qwilleran took too long to get to the phone.
(d) That the phone lines in Junktown are bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose boot sole matches a footprint Qwilleran found in the Elsworth house?

2. What does Qwilleran discover when he returns to his apartment after dinner?

3. What interrupts the meeting?

4. Why did Miss Duckworth go to the Andy Glanz's shop the night she discovered the body?

5. What does everyone notice about C. C. Cobb's personality?

(see the answer key)

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