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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distracts Qwilleran as he unfolds the piece of foil the cats have left for him?
(a) Someone is pounding on his door.
(b) Koko accidentally turns on the tape player.
(c) Firetrucks come rushing into Junktown.
(d) Yum Yum goes crazy running around the apartment.

2. Where is the antique dealers' meeting held?
(a) In C. C.'s shop.
(b) In the local church.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In Qwilleran's room.

3. How is the relationship between Qwilleran and Mary progressing?
(a) The element of trust is growing.
(b) Mary is distancing herself from him.
(c) There is suspicion between them.
(d) It is dissolving because of the cats.

4. What is the result of Qwilleran's efforts to track down Andy's manuscript?
(a) Failure.
(b) Hidden in Mary's shop.
(c) In the possession of Mrs. McGuffey.
(d) Found hidden in his shop.

5. Who does Mary suspect was giving her crank calls?
(a) Iris.
(b) Cluthra.
(c) C. C. Cobbs.
(d) Andy.

6. What does Hollis Prantz come looking for at the Cobbs's building?
(a) A pair of binoculars.
(b) Some old radios that C.C. Cobb had promised him.
(c) Some horse braces.
(d) The finial C. C. bought at the auction.

7. Visiting the Fluxion office, what does Riker tell Qwilleran?
(a) He has a good chance of winning the writing prize.
(b) To stop his feature on Junktown and concentrate on the murders.
(c) Nobody is interested in reading about Junktown.
(d) He will get paid extra for investigating the murders.

8. What is The Lion's Tail?
(a) A bar.
(b) A street name.
(c) Achildren's story.
(d) An antique shop.

9. Which character in the novel has "an expensive sound system"?
(a) Russell Patch.
(b) Cluthra.
(c) Hollis Prantz.
(d) Ben Nicholas.

10. How is the weather during the Junktown Block Party?
(a) Harsh and cold with morning snow.
(b) Sunny in the morning but raining later.
(c) Windy and foggy in the morning.
(d) Bad at first but turning sunny.

11. what illegal activity does Qwilleran learn about from the manuscript?
(a) Someone in Junktown is selling fake antique clocks.
(b) Someone in Junktown is an undercover FBI agent.
(c) Someone in Junktown is blackmailing C. C.
(d) Someone in Junktown is dealing drugs.

12. How does Qwilleran first try to discover who the drug dealer is?
(a) By sending a fluxion copyboy undercover.
(b) By trying to buy drugs himself.
(c) By checking with the police.
(d) By letting Koko sniff around the various shops.

13. What is rumored that former mayor Ellsworth had hidden in the house where C. C. was murdered?
(a) A substantial fortune.
(b) A rare stamp collection.
(c) A treasure map.
(d) Rare antiques.

14. What does Mary go over while she is visiting Qwilleran?
(a) The titles of books on his bookshelf.
(b) His list of sales and inquiries from Iris's shop.
(c) The events of the past day.
(d) The scratch he has on his hand.

15. What had Mary found at Andy's place identical to what Qwilleran found in his apartment?
(a) A piece of lead pipe.
(b) A strangely folded twenty-dollar bill.
(c) A newspaper clipping.
(d) A feather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose boot sole matches a footprint Qwilleran found in the Elsworth house?

2. In the fight between Qwilleran, what happens to prevent Ben from escaping?

3. What is Qwilleran first told Russell's roommate does for a living?

4. What does Qwilleran do for Iris Cobb during her extended absence?

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

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