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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

5. Why does Mary Duckworth say she is having bad dreams about Andy?
(a) She thinks he is haunting her.
(b) She never really liked him.
(c) She feels responsible for his death.
(d) She moved his body before calling the police.

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

7. Why does Qwilleran get out Webster's dictionary?
(a) To see if Koko will help him find a clue.
(b) To find out about finials.
(c) To boost himself up in his low chair.
(d) To look up the meanings of Cluthra, Amberina, and Ivrene.

8. What interests Qwilleran in a writing contest at the Daily Fluxion?
(a) The assigned subject matter.
(b) Something to do.
(c) A substantial cash prize.
(d) The chance to get a staff job.

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

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

11. What remark of Qwilleran's makes Mary uncomfortable?
(a) That Andy could not have fallen from the ladder.
(b) That she should not have gone to Andy's shop.
(c) That Andy probably had it coming to him.
(d) That Andy might have been murdered.

12. What is the basis for the argument between C. C. and Iris?
(a) Iris's recording of C. C.'s snoring.
(b) The value of horse braces.
(c) Putting milk in C. C.'s coffee.
(d) Who killed Andy Glanz.

13. What does Qwilleran dream about after his visit with Miss Duckworth?
(a) her long, shapely legs.
(b) the Mackintosh Coat of Arms.
(c) her standing over Andy's body.
(d) her incredible eyes.

14. When Iris drops in on Qwilleran, what is her appearance/
(a) She is wearing her nightgown and robe.
(b) She is dressed up and has makeup on.
(c) She is frazzled and wears no makeup.
(d) She looks distressed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name does Miss Duckworth supply to Qwilleran?

2. Who does Qwilleran run into at the grocery store?

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

4. When Qwilleran meets Miss Duckworth again, what does she regret?

5. Who does Russell say informed on C. C. Cobb?

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