LESSON FOUR SOLUTIONS
1)  Who has the ace?
Declarer must have the ace since partner must play his highest 
honor when the dummy has small cards.
Who has the ten?
Declarer must also have the ten since the play of the jack denies
holding the ten (if he had jack-ten he must play the lower of
touching equals.
2) Who has the jack?
Declarer must since partner's play of the queen denies holding the
jack.   If he had QJ he would have played the Jack instead of the queen.
How many might partner have started with?
2 or 4   (the return of the 2 has to be his lowest card which is either his
original 4th best OR his only card left.)
3) Account for all the missing cards…
Hmmmm…  partner played the ten - that's his highest card.
That means declarer has the ace.  He played the king (the sneaky so & so).
He also has the queen.  I have the jack.  Partner played the ten - that means
declarer has the nine as well (partner would play the 9 if he had the ten and
nine.   Therefore:  declarer has the ace, king, queen, nine.
How many spades did partner start with?
Hmmm… I have 5, dummy has 3, and I know declarer has at least 4
spades (ace, king, queen and nine).  5 + 3 + 4 = 12 cards.   That leaves
partner with only one spade!   His ten is a singleton!
4) Who has the jack? 
Partner's return of the ten, denies the jack because if he had 2 touching
honors (jack and ten) he would return the higher of touching honors (remember,
when following play the lowest of touching - when leading play the top of 
touching.
Who has the queen?
If partner had ace, queen, ten, small (he can't have any more because declarer
had one spade and there are only 13 cards in the spade suit) he would return
the 'small' (his original 4th best).  We also know he doesn't have 4 cards .
because the jack would have been declarer's only card.  He played 
small to trick one!  Since partner can't have 4 spades, then If partner had 3, the  
ace, queen, ten, then he would have returned the queen.  When holding  
two cards in the suit, lead the higher.   Therefore -
Declarer has the queen and the jack.
5) Partner leads the 2, dummy plays low, you play 
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WEST EAST answer
2 a) ♠ AQ9 Q
b) ♠ QT5 Q
c) ♠ AJ9 J
d) ♠ A64 A
e) ♠ QJT4 T
f) ♠ AJT9 9
g) ♠ AT8 T
h) ♠ J9 J