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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. When Qwilleran visits with Iris after he moves in, what does he learn from her about Glanz?
(a) That he was middle-aged and disagreeable.
(b) Tthat he was young and attractive.
(c) That he was homely but generous.
(d) That he was an alcoholic.

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

3. What does Iris tell Qwilleran about the ghost, Mathilda?
(a) She turns the pages of books.
(b) She only appears during a full moon.
(c) She keeps hiding her glasses.
(d) She moans a lot at night.

4. Who the Mathilda that Iris tells Qwilleran about?
(a) A woman involved in witchcraft.
(b) A vagabond woman in the neighborhood.
(c) The ghost in her house.
(d) Another of the junk dealers.

5. Who is the mysterious and beautiful owner of the Blue Dragon?
(a) Miss Duckworth.
(b) Iris Cobb.
(c) Miss Applebee.
(d) Sylvia Katzenhide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is scheduled to take place the afternoon Qwilleran arrives in Junktown?

2. How does Iris categorize Miss Duckworth since Glanz's death?

3. Whose name does Miss Duckworth supply to Qwilleran?

4. What are two items of furniture moved into Qwilleran's rooms before he moves in?

5. What crime does Qwilleran try to solve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the development arising from the urgent barking of Mary's dog.

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

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

4. Explain the deciding factor for Qwilleran to take the apartment.

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

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

7. Describe how Qwilleran comes up with the idea of writing a feature called "Christmas in Junktown."

8. Discuss the relationship between Qwilleran and his cats.

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

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

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