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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 device does Mary bring Qwilleran to help his injured knee?
(a) A leg brace.
(b) Some thick ointment.
(c) A heat lamp.
(d) Some elastic bandages.

2. What does Qwilleran notice in the drive of the Ellsworth house?
(a) Tire tracks of three different vehicles.
(b) Overturned trash cans.
(c) Two car shaped patches in the snow.
(d) Footprints of a man and a dog.

3. Who visits Qwilleran in his apartment only to be snubbed by Koko?
(a) Iris.
(b) Mary.
(c) Russell.
(d) Ben.

4. Who is Cluthra, the woman C. C. was having an affair with?
(a) Miss Duckworth's aunt.
(b) One of the Three Weird Sisters.
(c) Iris's sister.
(d) A woman reporter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only one who had read Andy's novel?

2. Which character in the novel has "an expensive sound system"?

3. When Koko turns on the tape player again, what do Qwilleran and Ben hear?

4. Where is the antique dealers' meeting held?

5. What do Qwilleran and Mary discover in his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Koko inadvertently solve the mystery?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. what does Qwilleran eventually learn about how Russell Patch has the money to buy all his expensive equipment?

9. What does Yum Yum show Qwilleran and where was it?

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

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