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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is scheduled to take place the afternoon Qwilleran arrives in Junktown?
(a) A police review of the death of Glanz.
(b) Junktown block party.
(c) A town meeting to decide the fate of Junktown.
(d) An auction of Glanz's merchandise.

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

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

4. What does Qwilleran question Miss Duckworth about when she found the body of Glanz?
(a) The time of night when she went to his shop.
(b) How long she waited before calling the police.
(c) The arrangement of ladder and furniture.
(d) Whether the back door was locked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qwilleran learn from overhearing customers in the Blue Dragon?

2. What is the one shop Qwilleran eventually finds open?

3. How is Russell Patch's story different from Miss Duckworth's?

4. So far, what do the police make of Glanz's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Qwilleran learn more about Mary Duckworth?

2. What happens to prevent Iris from reading Qwilleran's palm?

3. How is the cab driver's conversation with Qwilleran on the way to Junktown a foreshadowing of the novel?

4. What does Qwilleran learn about a tape recorded while having dinner with Iris and C. C.?

5. When Qwilleran sees Mary again, why is see cool and distant like she was when he first met her?

6. What happens to Qwilleran as he leaves Ben Nicolas' shop?

7. In what way is Mary Duxbury (aka Mary Duckworth) a typical femme fatale in the novel?

8. What does Qwilleran learn about Mary after she has had a couple of glasses of scotch?

9. Explain the development arising from the urgent barking of Mary's dog.

10. How does Patch refute the suggestion that he was fired by Andy Glanz for drinking.

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