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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. Returning from the Press Club, what odd thing does Qwilleran notice?
(a) Miss Duckworth's shop door is wide open.
(b) Only Ben's roof has lost its snow.
(c) The Cobbs are not in their shop.
(d) The street lamps have not come on.

2. What crime does Qwilleran try to solve?
(a) The disappearing MacIntosh Arms.
(b) The murder of Koko and Yum Yum.
(c) The death of a respected antiques dealer.
(d) The drug dealing in Junktown.

3. Why does Miss Duckworth try to sell the Mackintosh Coat of Arms to Qwilleran?
(a) Because he is Scottish.
(b) Because he asked questions about it.
(c) Because he is strong enough to lift it.
(d) Because he likes antiques.

4. Who had formerly lived in the apartment?
(a) Ben Nicholas.
(b) Hollis Prantz.
(c) Andrew Glanz.
(d) Sylvia Katzenhide.

5. What is the customer like who enters Ben's shop while Qwilleran is there?
(a) Angry and loud.
(b) Jolly and joking.
(c) Timid and afraid.
(d) Rude and brash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the customer in Ben's shop looking for?

2. What does Hollis Prantz come looking for at the Cobbs's building?

3. What had C. C. hinted about Ben's financial situation?

4. Who does Qwilleran take on a search of his building?

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

(see the answer key)

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