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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 invitation does Qwilleran receive the day after he injured his knee?

2. After leaving the Three Weird Sisters shop, where does Qwilleran go?

3. What does Qwilleran feed his Siamese cats he brought from the Press Club?

4. What is the Daily Fluxion?

5. What does Miss Duckworth agree to give Qwilleran to use in his newspaper article?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Qwilleran learn more about Mary Duckworth?

2. Why does Iris not buy the police explanation of what happened?

3. After feeding the cats, what disappoints Qwilleran?

4. How does the author use conversation at the auction to introduce the main complications of the plot?

5. Describe Qwilleran's feelings about Ben Nicolas.

6. When Qwilleran sees Mary again, why is see cool and distant like she was when he first met her?

7. How does Yum Yum contribute to the mystery?

8. What is the apartment like that Iris shows Qwilleran?

9. How does Qwilleran happen to get an invitation to Mary Duckworth 's place his first night in his apartment?

10. What is Riker's advice to Qwilleran after he tells the editor about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Andy's death?

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 I Would Write a Murder Mystery". This is strictly an opinion piece in which you define how you would set up the murder, complicate the plot, and resolve the situation.

Essay Topic 2

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "Why I Thought [another character] Was the Murderer". Braun cleverly intersperses enough red herrings that almost any of the characters might have been the murderer. Pick out one other than Ben Nicolas and detail the mystery around that character that pointed to his or her possible guilt.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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