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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the basis for the argument between C. C. and Iris?
(a) Who killed Andy Glanz.
(b) Iris's recording of C. C.'s snoring.
(c) The value of horse braces.
(d) Putting milk in C. C.'s coffee.

2. What is strange about the phone call to Miss Duckworth's shop when Qwilleran answers the phone?
(a) There is heavy breathing on the line.
(b) Mary refuses to answer it.
(c) The caller hangs up.
(d) Mary takes the call upstairs.

3. Where does Qwilleran learn that Cluthra, Amberina, and Ivrene got their exotic names?
(a) After unusual flowers.
(b) After types of glass.
(c) After fairytale princesses.
(d) After Roman goddesses.

4. So far, what do the police make of Glanz's death?
(a) That it was a crime of passion.
(b) That it is unimportant since it happened in Junktown.
(c) That it was an accident.
(d) That it was premeditated murder.

5. In a conversation with Mary, what does Qwilleran avoid doing?
(a) Telling her he will not write about the murder.
(b) Letting her know he suspects she is a murderer.
(c) Warning her that she will be hurt by what he writes.
(d) Asking her to care for the cats for a few days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cluthra, the woman C. C. was having an affair with?

2. Between the bidding, what does Qwilleran hear at the auction?

3. What is Qwilleran first told Russell's roommate does for a living?

4. What does everyone notice about C. C. Cobb's personality?

5. Returning from the Press Club, what odd thing does Qwilleran notice?

(see the answer key)

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