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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the customer in Ben's shop looking for?

2. Why is the area called Junktown?

3. Why does Miss Duckworth decline Qwilleran's invitation to dinner?

4. When Qwilleran visits with Iris after he moves in, what does he learn from her about Glanz?

5. What is odd about the wall in the apartment Iris shows Qwilleran?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Iris come to Qwilleran's apartment early one morning?

2. Discuss the drunk Qwilleran talks to in Junktown.

3. What information bombshell does Sylvia Katzenhide inadvertently drop when Qwilleran calls on her?

4. In what way is Mary Duxbury (aka Mary Duckworth) a typical femme fatale in the novel?

5. How does Yum Yum contribute to the mystery?

6. What is Mary Duckworth's confession to Qwilleran?

7. What questions are raised in the mind of the reader when the Mackintosh Coat of Arms is introduced?

8. Discuss Mary Duxbury aka Mary Duckworth as a character.

9. Discuss the relationship between Qwilleran and his cats.

10. What does Qwilleran learn about Mary after she has had a couple of glasses of scotch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "How Qwilleran is Portrayed as a Cat Lover". Use in your essay the following: (1) Qwilleran will not rent an apartment unless cats are permitted to live there, (2) the special food Qwilleran is always bringing to his felines, and (3) the way Qwilleran talks to the cats and his interpretations of things they bring him to see.

Essay Topic 2

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "Why Innocent Characters Must Be Suspects in a Mystery Novel". From Braun's novel, use Hollis Krantz, Iris Cobb, and Mary Duckworth as potential murderers within the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "Murder Mysteries Set Before the 21st Century". You may want to use example of writers beside Braun (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ellery Queen, etc.) to discuss how clues and reasoning provide the solutions to the mysteries as opposed to DNA samples and other modern day crime solving techniques.

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