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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. What is settled before Qwilleran takes the apartment?
(a) That he will used his own furniture.
(b) That he will have the only key.
(c) That he can have his own telephone line.
(d) That he can bring his cats.

2. Who are Koko and Yum Yum?
(a) Two poodles owned by Miss Duckworth.
(b) Two spinster owners of a juck shop.
(c) Two street urchins.
(d) Intuitive and troublemaking cats.

3. How does Miss Duckworth make a melodramatic appearance in the novel?
(a) Sitting like a statue on a lounge.
(b) Gliding down a circular staircase.
(c) In a swirl of green smoke.
(d) Through a beaded curtain.

4. What does Qwilleran feed his Siamese cats he brought from the Press Club?
(a) Beef and kidney pie.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Fish and chips.
(d) Boiled beef.

5. How does Iris categorize Miss Duckworth since Glanz's death?
(a) Suspiciously calm.
(b) Agitated and lively.
(c) More friendly than usual.
(d) Moody and withdrawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim Qwilleran's occupation?

2. What interests Qwilleran in a writing contest at the Daily Fluxion?

3. Witch inhabitant of the new apartment is the nervous one?

4. Why is the area called Junktown?

5. What seems to have no explanation at the crime scene?

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