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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 hear on the tape he found?
(a) C. C. asking Ben if he had any more horse braces.
(b) Ben offering to sell horse braces to Hollis Prantz.
(c) C. C. making a phone call to Cluthra.
(d) C. C. snoring followed by Ben Nicolas entering the room.

2. What do Qwilleran and Mary discover about Andy's unreported income?
(a) It was hidden inside the matress of Qwilleran's bed.
(b) It was hidden behind the book pages papering the walls.
(c) It was hidden in the flue of the pot bellied stove.
(d) It was hidden in the secret compartment.

3. Who goes with Qwilleran to visit Russell Patch?
(a) Koko.
(b) Iris.
(c) Mary.
(d) Irene.

4. What does Iris say about the machine Qwilleran found?
(a) She's been looking for it.
(b) She doesn't want it.
(c) It's not hers.
(d) She thinks it doesn't work.

5. Where do Qwilleran and Ben go on a late night "scrounge."?
(a) The Gaston Museum.
(b) Andy's shop.
(c) The Ellsworth House.
(d) The Garrick Theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary go over while she is visiting Qwilleran?

2. While Qwilleran is in Iris's shop, who surprises him with a visit?

3. Whose car does Qwilleran discover fits the size and shape of the second car that was at the Ellsworth House?

4. Why does Qwilleran take a cat to Russell Patch's apartment?

5. What is Qwilleran's impression of Hollis Prantz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about the pattern of the sole of Russell Patch's boots?

2. Explain who Qwilleran suspects of having gone to the Ellsworth House.

3. What other mystery does Koko uncover at the end of the novel?

4. What does Riker tell Qwilleran about his writing when Qwilleran drops in at the Fluxion office?

5. What information does Mrs. McGuffey give Qwilleran about the Cobb house?

6. Why do Qwilleran and Mary move the bookshelf in his apartment?

7. How does Koko inadvertently solve the mystery?

8. What is the significance of the surprise visitor to Iris's shop while Qwilleran is taking his turn managing it?

9. Why does Mary seem much happier when Qwilleran sees her after C. C.'s murder?

10. After going to the Garrick Theatre with Ben, what does Qwilleran observe at the bar called The Lion's Tail?

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