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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 strange about the phone call to Miss Duckworth's shop when Qwilleran answers the phone?
(a) Mary refuses to answer it.
(b) The caller hangs up.
(c) There is heavy breathing on the line.
(d) Mary takes the call upstairs.

2. Between the bidding, what does Qwilleran hear at the auction?
(a) The sound of rain.
(b) The sound of wind.
(c) A lot of sobbing.
(d) A lot of gossip.

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

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

5. How do Qwilleran's words and manner affect Miss Duckworth?
(a) She begins to relax and open up more.
(b) She clams up and refuses to talk at all.
(c) She begins to behave in a guilty manner.
(d) She becomes nervous and agitated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the furniture refinisher Iris Cobb identifies?

2. Who does Qwilleran tell about the mystery surrounding Glanz' death?

3. Who is the mysterious and beautiful owner of the Blue Dragon?

4. What is the meeting about among the antique dealers?

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

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