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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What seems to have killed Andrew Glanz?
(a) Falling onto a finial.
(b) Falling onto a sarcophagus.
(c) Falling onto a fireplace.
(d) Falling onto a spear.

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

5. Where is Koko when Qwilleran finds him?
(a) At the finial in the antique shop downstairs.
(b) On top of the roof.
(c) Hiding under the pot-bellied stove.
(d) Closed up in the roll-top desk.

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

7. Who the Mathilda that Iris tells Qwilleran about?
(a) The ghost in her house.
(b) A woman involved in witchcraft.
(c) Another of the junk dealers.
(d) A vagabond woman in the neighborhood.

8. Besides Miss Duckworth, what hint does Sylvia drop about Andy Glanz?
(a) He was a serial womanizer.
(b) He was actually gay.
(c) He was also involved with someone else.
(d) He was married.

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

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

11. why does C. C. Cobb have to pay a hefty fine?
(a) For gambling.
(b) For attempted arson.
(c) For looting an abandoned house.
(d) For disturbing the peace.

12. What are two items of furniture moved into Qwilleran's rooms before he moves in?
(a) A bunk bed and a small table.
(b) A roll-top desk and a pot-bellied stove.
(c) A refrigerator and a microwave.
(d) A sofa and a bookshelf.

13. What idea does Qwilleran get about a subject for the writing contest?
(a) The homeless in Junktown.
(b) The drug problem in Junktown.
(c) Finding junk to sell in Junktown.
(d) Christmas in Junktown.

14. What does Iris bring to Qwilleran in his room?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Coffee and cookies.
(c) Macaroni and cheese.
(d) Tea and scones.

15. What is odd about the wall in the apartment Iris shows Qwilleran?
(a) It is unfinished wood.
(b) It is papered with pages from old books.
(c) It is covered with tar paper.
(d) It is painted a garish green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qwilleran dream about after his visit with Miss Duckworth?

2. How does Miss Duckworth explain Andrew Glanz's death?

3. Why does Qwilleran get out Webster's dictionary?

4. Why did Miss Duckworth go to the Andy Glanz's shop the night she discovered the body?

5. Between the bidding, what does Qwilleran hear at the auction?

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