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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the basis for the argument between C. C. and Iris?
(a) Iris's recording of C. C.'s snoring.
(b) Putting milk in C. C.'s coffee.
(c) The value of horse braces.
(d) Who killed Andy Glanz.

2. Who the Mathilda that Iris tells Qwilleran about?
(a) Another of the junk dealers.
(b) The ghost in her house.
(c) A vagabond woman in the neighborhood.
(d) A woman involved in witchcraft.

3. How is Iris helpful to Qwilleran at the auction?
(a) She confides that Glanz was murdered.
(b) Sshe tells him about the history of Junktown.
(c) She identifies several people from Junktown.
(d) She invites him to dinner.

4. What is Qwilleran's impression of Hollis Prantz?
(a) That he is hiding something.
(b) That he is a fraud.
(c) That he is stupid.
(d) That he is afraid of someone.

5. What are two items of furniture moved into Qwilleran's rooms before he moves in?
(a) A refrigerator and a microwave.
(b) A bunk bed and a small table.
(c) A roll-top desk and a pot-bellied stove.
(d) A sofa and a bookshelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iris suggest some people disliked about Glanz?

2. Why is Qwilleran disappointed before dinner after returning from Nicolas's shop?

3. What does Iris tell Qwilleran about the ghost, Mathilda?

4. What accident does Qwilleran have as he leaves Ben Nicolas's shop?

5. What innuendo does Ivy make about Iris Cobb?

(see the answer key)

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