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

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

3. On his way home, who does Qwilleran overhear having an argument?
(a) C. C. Cobb and Iris Cobb.
(b) Hollis Prantz and Ben Nicholas.
(c) C.C. Cobb and someone who seems to be Russell Patch.
(d) Russell Patch and Sylvia Katzenhide.

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

5. Who does Russell say informed on C. C. Cobb?
(a) Sylvia Katzenhide.
(b) Mary Duckworth.
(c) Andy Glanz.
(d) Iris Cobb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the area called Junktown?

2. What happens to the drunk Qwilleran saw when he arrived in Junktown?

3. What does Miss Duckworth talk Qwilleran into buying?

4. What crime does Qwilleran try to solve?

5. How does Iris categorize Miss Duckworth since Glanz's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions are raised in the mind of the reader when the Mackintosh Coat of Arms is introduced?

2. How does Yum Yum contribute to the mystery?

3. After feeding the cats, what disappoints Qwilleran?

4. Discuss the common theme of a series of novels that includes "The Cat Who Turned On and Off".

5. Describe Qwilleran's feelings about Ben Nicolas.

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

7. What information bombshell does Sylvia Katzenhide inadvertently drop when Qwilleran calls on her?

8. Discuss the drunk Qwilleran talks to in Junktown.

9. Discuss Mary Duxbury aka Mary Duckworth as a character.

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

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