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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mary's explanation for the call taken by Qwilleran?
(a) That the phone lines in Junktown are bad.
(b) That bad weather messed up the lines.
(c) That the caller probably thought it was a wrong number.
(d) That Qwilleran took too long to get to the phone.

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

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

4. What puts Qwilleran off about Ben Nicolas?
(a) His inferiority complex.
(b) His dislike of cats.
(c) His lack of knowledge about antiques.
(d) His dramatic way of speaking.

5. Why does Miss Duckworth decline Qwilleran's invitation to dinner?
(a) She is dining with family.
(b) She is still in mourning.
(c) She is expecting a caller.
(d) She doesn't know him well enough.

6. What odd thing occurs with Koko back in the new apartment?
(a) He climbs the bookshelves.
(b) He fights with Yum Yum.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He knocks over a lamp.

7. Why does Miss Duckworth not use her real name?
(a) She is hiding from her past.
(b) She does not like her real name.
(c) Her family does not know where she is.
(d) Her prominent family would be embarrassed.

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

9. Who does Qwilleran tell about the mystery surrounding Glanz' death?
(a) Koko and Yum Yum.
(b) The police.
(c) Arch Riker.
(d) Mary Duckworth.

10. With what is Miss Duckworth frustrated?
(a) Wth the nosiness of the neighbors.
(b) With the gossip surrounding her and Glanz.
(c) With being suspected of murder.
(d) With getting respect from the civic government.

11. What does Qwilleran learn from overhearing customers in the Blue Dragon?
(a) That Miss Duckworth was Glanz's girlfriend.
(b) That Miss Duckworth has a criminal record.
(c) That Glanz was two-timing several women.
(d) That Glanz was a drug dealer.

12. Witch inhabitant of the new apartment is the nervous one?
(a) Koko.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Yum Yum.
(d) Qwilleran.

13. Who is the flamboyant next door neighbor in the apartment house?
(a) Russell Patch.
(b) Ben Nicholas.
(c) Sylvia Katzenhide.
(d) Hollis Prantz.

14. What is one supernatural theory about Glanz death?
(a) It was the result of the evil eye.
(b) It was the work of ghosts.
(c) It was a family curse.
(d) It was a witch's spell

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qwilleran feed his Siamese cats he brought from the Press Club?

2. What happens to the drunk Qwilleran saw when he arrived in Junktown?

3. Besides Miss Duckworth, what hint does Sylvia drop about Andy Glanz?

4. Who had formerly lived in the apartment?

5. How is Iris helpful to Qwilleran at the auction?

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