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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Qwilleran do for Iris Cobb during her extended absence?
(a) Calls her relatives in Ohio.
(b) Gguards her apartment.
(c) Feeds her cat.
(d) Takes a turn managing her shop.

2. What does Qwilleran notice in the drive of the Ellsworth house?
(a) Overturned trash cans.
(b) Two car shaped patches in the snow.
(c) Footprints of a man and a dog.
(d) Tire tracks of three different vehicles.

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

4. From where does Qwilleran believe KoKo has been finding things he leaves for Qwilleran?
(a) In C. C.'s shop.
(b) On the stairs.
(c) Under the tub.
(d) From out on the roof.

5. What device does Mary bring Qwilleran to help his injured knee?
(a) A heat lamp.
(b) Some elastic bandages.
(c) A leg brace.
(d) Some thick ointment.

6. Who does Qwilleran suspect of causing the loud noise?
(a) Mary.
(b) Koko.
(c) Iris.
(d) Yum Yum.

7. Who is Russell Patch's roommate?
(a) Stefano.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Stan.
(d) Steve.

8. Who tells Qwilleran that Iris Cobb's assumed ghost was really C. C. playing tricks on his wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Patch.
(c) Cluthra.
(d) Ben.

9. Where was the "hot" manuscript hidden?
(a) Under a photograph in a frame.
(b) In the pot bellied stove.
(c) Behind the bookshelf.
(d) Under the rug.

10. While Qwilleran is in Iris's shop, who surprises him with a visit?
(a) Another reporter from the Fluxion.
(b) Koko and Yum Yum.
(c) Riker's wife, Rosie.
(d) Mary Duxbury's father.

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

12. What does Mary say is strange about the request for horse braces?
(a) Very few people even know what they are.
(b) No one wants them anymore.
(c) She never heard of such items.
(d) She has had the same inquiries at her shop.

13. While Prantz is searching for radios in C. C.'s apartment, whet does Qwilleran notice?
(a) The feather in his hat.
(b) The snow on his overcoat.
(c) The tassles on his scarf.
(d) His footwear.

14. How do the cats behave when Qwilleran and Mary almost kiss?
(a) With an outburst of hissing and yowling.
(b) By jumping up on Qwilleran and Mary.
(c) By hiding under the bed.
(d) By disappearing from Qwilleran's apartment.

15. What is Qwilleran first told Russell's roommate does for a living?
(a) That he is a chef.
(b) That he is a manicurist.
(c) That he is a hairdresser.
(d) That he is a secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Qwilleran and Mary discover about Andy's unreported income?

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

3. Which character in the novel has "an expensive sound system"?

4. How is the weather during the Junktown Block Party?

5. When Ben buys drinks for everyone, what does Qwilleran observe about Ben's money?

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