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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose name does Miss Duckworth supply to Qwilleran?
(a) The owner of The Junkery.
(b) The likely suspect, C. C. Cobb.
(c) The dead dealer Andrew Glanz.
(d) Glanz's lover, Sylvia Katzenhide.

2. What interests Qwilleran in a writing contest at the Daily Fluxion?
(a) Something to do.
(b) The assigned subject matter.
(c) A substantial cash prize.
(d) The chance to get a staff job.

3. What seems to have killed Andrew Glanz?
(a) Falling onto a spear.
(b) Falling onto a fireplace.
(c) Falling onto a sarcophagus.
(d) Falling onto a finial.

4. So far, what do the police make of Glanz's death?
(a) That it was a crime of passion.
(b) That it was premeditated murder.
(c) That it is unimportant since it happened in Junktown.
(d) That it was an accident.

5. What is the surprising purchase made by C. C. Cobb at the auction?
(a) The ladder Glanz fell from.
(b) The broken chandelier.
(c) The Macintosh Coat of Arms.
(d) The finial Glanz apparently fell on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the area called Junktown?

2. Why does Miss Duckworth try to sell the Mackintosh Coat of Arms to Qwilleran?

3. What is the gossip about the finial?

4. Who is the flamboyant next door neighbor in the apartment house?

5. Who are Koko and Yum Yum?

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