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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. How is Iris helpful to Qwilleran at the auction?
(a) She invites him to dinner.
(b) She confides that Glanz was murdered.
(c) She identifies several people from Junktown.
(d) Sshe tells him about the history of Junktown.

2. What is strange about the phone call to Miss Duckworth's shop when Qwilleran answers the phone?
(a) The caller hangs up.
(b) Mary takes the call upstairs.
(c) Mary refuses to answer it.
(d) There is heavy breathing on the line.

3. How does Qwilleran learn about the murder investigation in Junktown?
(a) From a rival newspaper article.
(b) From C.C. Cobb.
(c) Grom his editor and friend Arch Riker.
(d) From Miss Duckworth.

4. What does Qwilleran discover when he returns to his apartment after dinner?
(a) Ben Nicolas waiting for him.
(b) The cats are missing again.
(c) A note pinned to his door.
(d) Evidence that someone was in there.

5. What is Russell doing when Qwilleran drops in?
(a) Clearing out his shop.
(b) Eating breakfast.
(c) Refinishing a p;iece of furniture.
(d) Talking on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone notice about C. C. Cobb's personality?

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

3. Witch inhabitant of the new apartment is the nervous one?

4. How does locating Koko give Qwilleran pause to reflect on the death of Glanz?

5. Why does Miss Duckworth decline Qwilleran's invitation to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Qwilleran's feelings about Ben Nicolas.

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

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

4. Describe how Qwilleran comes up with the idea of writing a feature called "Christmas in Junktown."

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

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

7. Discuss the relationship between Qwilleran and his cats.

8. Why does Iris come to Qwilleran's apartment early one morning?

9. Discuss the drunk Qwilleran talks to in Junktown.

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

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