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

2. What kind of car does Russell Patch drive?
(a) A Rolls Royce.
(b) A Jaguar.
(c) A Chevrolet.
(d) A BMW.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is scheduled to take place the afternoon Qwilleran arrives in Junktown?

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

3. What does Qwilleran learn about Iris Cobb at the auction?

4. Where is Koko when Qwilleran finds him?

5. What offerings does Yum Yum bring to Qwilleran?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Qwilleran's feelings about Ben Nicolas.

2. What startling suggestion does Qwilleran offer Mary regarding Andy's death?

3. Why does Iris not buy the police explanation of what happened?

4. What is Mary Duckworth's confession to Qwilleran?

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

6. Discuss the drunk Qwilleran talks to in Junktown.

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

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

9. How does Iris Cobb evaluate Andy Glanz?

10. How does Qwilleran happen to get an invitation to Mary Duckworth 's place his first night in his apartment?

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