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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 Mary go over while she is visiting Qwilleran?
(a) The titles of books on his bookshelf.
(b) The events of the past day.
(c) His list of sales and inquiries from Iris's shop.
(d) The scratch he has on his hand.

2. Who does Qwilleran suspect of causing the loud noise?
(a) Yum Yum.
(b) Iris.
(c) Mary.
(d) Koko.

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

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

5. On Christmas Eve how does Koko keep distracting Qwilleran?
(a) By meowing for food.
(b) By turning the lights on and off.
(c) By fighting with Yum Yum.
(d) By disappearing behind the bookshelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important discovery is located right there in Qwilleran's room?

2. In the fight between Qwilleran, what happens to prevent Ben from escaping?

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

4. As Qwilleran begins reading Andy's manuscript, what becomes clear?

5. What is the meeting about among the antique dealers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was C. C. supposedly looking for in the Ellsworth house?

2. Why does Qwilleran leash Koko and take him of a tour of the Cobb building?

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

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

5. What arrangement does Qwilleran make with Mary?

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

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

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

9. After Mary leaves, what does Qwilleran do to show that he is a genuine cat lover?

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

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