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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 distracts Qwilleran as he unfolds the piece of foil the cats have left for him?
(a) Koko accidentally turns on the tape player.
(b) Someone is pounding on his door.
(c) Firetrucks come rushing into Junktown.
(d) Yum Yum goes crazy running around the apartment.

2. Why had Rosie come to Junktown?
(a) To spy on Qwilleran.
(b) To buy a gift for her husband.
(c) To find out who bought the chandelier.
(d) To look for a horse brace.

3. Whose boot sole matches a footprint Qwilleran found in the Elsworth house?
(a) Iris Cobbs.
(b) Russel Patch.
(c) Ben Nicolas.
(d) Russel Prantz.

4. What does Qwilleran find in Ben's apartment during a visit?
(a) A note from Iris explaining her absence.
(b) Another feather like the one from his hat.
(c) A long, light colored hair.
(d) A folded bank note on the floor.

5. Who is Russell Patch's roommate?
(a) Steve.
(b) Stefano.
(c) Stan.
(d) Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had C. C. hinted about Ben's financial situation?

2. what illegal activity does Qwilleran learn about from the manuscript?

3. What was the original purpose of the space Qwilleran and Mary discover?

4. Who tells Qwilleran that Iris Cobb's assumed ghost was really C. C. playing tricks on his wife?

5. What is the significance of the hair Qwilleran found?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Mrs. McGuffey give Qwilleran that might possibly prove to be a motive for Andy's murder?

3. What is the evidence Qwilleran discovers outside the Ellsworth House?

4. How does Braun draw out the suspense with Qwilleran's reading of Andy's manuscript?

5. How does Koko inadvertently solve the mystery?

6. What arrangement does Qwilleran make with Ben Nicolas?

7. Who does Qwilleran suspect the drug dealer to be?

8. Why does Qwilleran finally get around to hanging the Mackintosh coat of arms, and who comes to help him do it?

9. While Iris is away, what does Hollis Prantz come looking for?

10. How does Qwilleran mistake the source of the things Koko brings to him?

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