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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. 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. Who tells Qwilleran that Iris Cobb's assumed ghost was really C. C. playing tricks on his wife?
(a) Cluthra.
(b) Ben.
(c) Patch.
(d) Mary.

3. The morning after the visit with Mary, what puzzles Qwilleran?
(a) His toothbrush and a feather out of his hat are missing.
(b) He cannot light the pot-bellied stove.
(c) Iris Cobb is not in the house.
(d) Koko and Yum Yum are missing.

4. What does Hollis Prantz come looking for at the Cobbs's building?
(a) Some old radios that C.C. Cobb had promised him.
(b) Some horse braces.
(c) The finial C. C. bought at the auction.
(d) A pair of binoculars.

5. What is The Lion's Tail?
(a) A street name.
(b) An antique shop.
(c) Achildren's story.
(d) A bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is Miss Duckworth frustrated?

2. Whose boot sole matches a footprint Qwilleran found in the Elsworth house?

3. How does Miss Duckworth make a melodramatic appearance in the novel?

4. What does Miss Duckworth agree to give Qwilleran to use in his newspaper article?

5. What remark of Qwilleran's makes Mary uncomfortable?

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