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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. Who deos Qwilleran find at the house on the end of the street?
(a) Mary Duckworth.
(b) C. C. Cobb.
(c) Russell Patch.
(d) Sylvia Katzenhide.

2. Where is Koko when Qwilleran finds him?
(a) Closed up in the roll-top desk.
(b) Hiding under the pot-bellied stove.
(c) On top of the roof.
(d) At the finial in the antique shop downstairs.

3. Why is Qwilleran disappointed before dinner after returning from Nicolas's shop?
(a) He cannot find Koko and Yum Yum.
(b) He has received no mail.
(c) He cannot find anyone to go with him to the Press Club.
(d) There is nothing to eat in his flat.

4. Why is the area called Junktown?
(a) Because of the drugs sold there.
(b) Because of the antique and junk shops
(c) Because it was once a landfill.
(d) Because of the old cars abandoned there.

5. How do Qwilleran's words and manner affect Miss Duckworth?
(a) She becomes nervous and agitated.
(b) She begins to behave in a guilty manner.
(c) She clams up and refuses to talk at all.
(d) She begins to relax and open up more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Qwilleran set out to do his first morning at his new apartment?

2. What does Iris bring to Qwilleran in his room?

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

4. What accident does Qwilleran have as he leaves Ben Nicolas's shop?

5. Why did Miss Duckworth go to the Andy Glanz's shop the night she discovered the body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Iris Cobb evaluate Andy Glanz?

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

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

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

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

6. What have the policemen concluded about Andy's death?

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

8. What is Riker's advice to Qwilleran after he tells the editor about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Andy's death?

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

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

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