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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. How many evenings pass after the affair with Wragg and Cramer before Wolfe and Goodwin itemize the expenses for Mrs. Bruner's bill?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

3. How many Odells are in the phone books when Goodwin searches?
(a) About 175.
(b) About 50.
(c) More than 100.
(d) About 200.

4. If Wragg believed that an agent had killed Althaus, what were the odds agents would come to the brownstone when it seemed to be empty?
(a) 20 to 5.
(b) 10 to 1.
(c) 50 to 1.
(d) 20 to 1.

5. How many cartridges have been fired from the gun that Goodwin found in Sarah's apartment?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Goodwin tip the drivers who bring the orchid boxes?

2. What time does Goodwin want Sarah Dacos to meet at Rusterman's?

3. What time does Hewitt promise to have orchids delivered to Wolfe?

4. What time does Goodwin get up the Friday morning after Wolfe confiscates the FBI agents' credentials?

5. Who is helping to pay for Sarah Dacos's lawyer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felix want to discuss with Wolfe on Friday night?

2. How long might Wolfe be able to avoid taking another case if he gets enough money from Mrs. Bruner?

3. How do Goodwin, Wolfe and the others spend the evening after the FBI broke into the brownstone?

4. How does Goodwin spot his FBI tails?

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

6. In Chapter 11, what is in the orchid boxes that are delivered on Wednesday afternoon?

7. What do Goodwin and the others have for lunch on the Thursday before the dinner?

8. What does Sarah Dacos tell Mrs. Bruner about the night that Morris Althaus died?

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

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

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