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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is strange about the phone call to Miss Duckworth's shop when Qwilleran answers the phone?
(a) Mary takes the call upstairs.
(b) There is heavy breathing on the line.
(c) The caller hangs up.
(d) Mary refuses to answer it.

2. After leaving the Three Weird Sisters shop, where does Qwilleran go?
(a) Back to Miss Duckworth's shop.
(b) To his apartment to check on his cats.
(c) To talk to Iris Cobb.
(d) To the shop run by Ben Nicholas.

3. What is the one shop Qwilleran eventually finds open?
(a) The Opium Inn.
(b) Cobb House Junk.
(c) Too Good to be Threw.
(d) Blue Dragon Antiques.

4. What offerings does Yum Yum bring to Qwilleran?
(a) Bits of paper.
(b) Several feathers from a dister.
(c) Two dead mice.
(d) Things she digs out of the trash.

5. When Qwilleran meets Miss Duckworth again, what does she regret?
(a) Not selling him the coat of arms.
(b) Being so honest and open at their last meeting.
(c) Refusing to talk to the police.
(d) Not having meet Qwilleran before.

6. What was the bad feeling between Andy Glanz and Russell Patch?
(a) Andy had reported him to the police.
(b) Andy has stolen from Russell.
(c) Andy knew his antiques were fake.
(d) Andy had fired him.

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

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

9. Why did Miss Duckworth go to the Andy Glanz's shop the night she discovered the body?
(a) To argue.
(b) To invite him to her place.
(c) To borrow a knife.
(d) To apologize.

10. How does Miss Duckworth explain Andrew Glanz's death?
(a) As a certain murder.
(b) As a common occurence in Junktown.
(c) As an apparent suicide.
(d) As an unfortunate accident.

11. What kind of car does Russell Patch drive?
(a) A Rolls Royce.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A Jaguar.
(d) A Chevrolet.

12. Why is Qwilleran disappointed before dinner after returning from Nicolas's shop?
(a) He cannot find anyone to go with him to the Press Club.
(b) There is nothing to eat in his flat.
(c) He cannot find Koko and Yum Yum.
(d) He has received no mail.

13. What amazes Qwilleran about the Mackintosh Coat of Arms?
(a) It is not an antique.
(b) It is obviously a fake.
(c) It is his family's coat of arms.
(d) How easily Miss Duckworth lifts it.

14. What does Qwilleran discover when he arrives in Junktown?
(a) The police are questioning people.
(b) There is a street fair going on.
(c) The stores are all closed.
(d) There is a fire in one of the shops.

15. How does Qwilleran learn about the murder investigation in Junktown?
(a) Grom his editor and friend Arch Riker.
(b) From C.C. Cobb.
(c) From Miss Duckworth.
(d) From a rival newspaper article.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puts Qwilleran off about Ben Nicolas?

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

3. What does everyone notice about C. C. Cobb's personality?

4. Who had formerly lived in the apartment?

5. What does Iris tell Qwilleran about the ghost, Mathilda?

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