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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 mystery is solved after Qwilleran and Mary find the secret space?
(a) How the cats get into Ben's apartment.
(b) How C. C. was able to move the candle.
(c) When the house was built.
(d) Why strange sounds happen during the night.

2. Which character in the novel has "an expensive sound system"?
(a) Hollis Prantz.
(b) Cluthra.
(c) Russell Patch.
(d) Ben Nicholas.

3. As Qwilleran begins reading Andy's manuscript, what becomes clear?
(a) It is based on people of Junktown.
(b) It has nothing to do with Junktown people.
(c) It is a plan for stealing antiques.
(d) It is a real masterpiece.

4. What is Cluthra's theory about Mary's broken foot?
(a) That she deliberately dropped an urn on it.
(b) That she broke it kicking in a door.
(c) That it is not broken at all.
(d) That she fell off the ladder at Andy's place.

5. Where is the antique dealers' meeting held?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In Qwilleran's room.
(c) In the local church.
(d) In C. C.'s shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary suspect was giving her crank calls?

2. When Ben buys drinks for everyone, what does Qwilleran observe about Ben's money?

3. How does Qwilleran first try to discover who the drug dealer is?

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

5. Who goes with Qwilleran to visit Russell Patch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Qwilleran learn from reading the manuscript that explains the calls for horse braces?

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

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

8. What arrangement does Qwilleran make with Mary?

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

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

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