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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. When Wolfe and Goodwin have dinner with Cohen, what were the clam cakes served with?
(a) Asparagus.
(b) Chili sauce.
(c) Alfredo sauce.
(d) Lemon sauce.

2. Where is Goodwin to meet an unidentified man at 11:30 on Thursday morning?
(a) Manhattan Hotel.
(b) Westside Hotel.
(c) Park Avenue Hotel.
(d) Savory Hotel.

3. What is Wolfe reading Wednesday evening?
(a) Origins of the Specious.
(b) The Secret Life of Words.
(c) The Treasure of Our Tongue.
(d) The Story of English.

4. How many people come to the 9:00 p.m. meeting on Wednesday who are not invited?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What did Mrs. Bruner include when she sent copies of The FBI Nobody Knows to people?
(a) Her personal card.
(b) Her business card.
(c) A pre-printed memo.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sitting in the red leather chair after Goodwin and the others have dinner?

2. How many years ago was the group Ten for Aristology in existence?

3. How many of the cases that Cohen gave Goodwin and Wolfe that the FBI might be working on were hopeless.

4. How many pages of an unfinished novel were found in Althaus's apartment?

5. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Althaus live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Goodwin have to worry about tails when he begins his investigation of the murder of Morris Althaus?

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

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

4. What are Fritz's living quarters like?

5. Why does Wolfe consider helping Mrs. Bruner?

6. Why does Wolfe decide that they will no longer try to evade any listening devices the FBI may have placed in the house?

7. What three alternatives does Wolfe say that he and Goodwin should consider regarding the murder?

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

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

10. What does Goodwin say would happen if they take on the FBI?

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