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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words are used to describe Blue's state of mind during the early period of the case?
(a) Happiness and contentment.
(b) Depression and infatuation.
(c) Ambivalence and conflict.
(d) Tranquility and decision.

2. What summer job does the narrator of The Locked Room have in June of 1970?
(a) A journalist in Manhattan.
(b) A delivery man in the Bronx.
(c) A teacher in Brooklyn.
(d) A census-taker in Harlem.

3. What disguise does Blue use for his third encounter with Black?
(a) The Fuller Brush man.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The mailman.
(d) The cable repairman.

4. For which of Fanshawe's friends does he write love letters to his girlfriend Sue-Anne?
(a) Roy Cutbirth.
(b) Otis Smart.
(c) Jeffrey Brown.
(d) Paul Schiff.

5. In the story The Locked Room, when did the narrator meet Fanshawe?
(a) When they were babies.
(b) Seven years ago.
(c) In college.
(d) In second grade.

6. In Chapter 1 of The Locked Room, from whom does the narrator receive a letter?
(a) Sophie Fanshawe.
(b) Ben Fanshawe.
(c) Fanshawe's mother.
(d) Fanshawe.

7. On what occasion does the sexual relationship between the narrator and Sophie Fanshawe begin?
(a) On the narrator's birthday.
(b) On the day that they meet to discuss Fanshawe's work for the first time.
(c) On Sophie Fanshawe's birthday.
(d) On the day that Fanshawe's work is accepted by the publisher.

8. From where was Fanshawe's letter postmarked?
(a) Paris.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

9. What does the narrator begin to suspect that Fanshawe wants him to do?
(a) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to divorce Sophie.
(b) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to write his biography.
(c) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill his mother.
(d) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill him.

10. How many suitcases does Fanshawe's work fill?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

11. During their second conversation, what does Black tell Blue that he does for a living?
(a) He says he is an insurance salesman.
(b) He says he is a teacher.
(c) He says he is a writer.
(d) He says he is a private detective.

12. Where does the narrator go at the end of Chapter 7 without Sophie and Ben?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) London.
(d) Ireland.

13. In what condition does Blue leave Black in the apartment?
(a) Badly beaten, unconscious, and barely alive.
(b) Depressed and disappointed.
(c) Perfectly healthy and content.
(d) Confused and disbelieving.

14. What does Blue find when he opens the door to Black's apartment after Black tells him to come in?
(a) Black wearing the Halloween mask, pointing a gun at him.
(b) Black sitting at his computer, writing.
(c) Black sitting on the toliet, reading a magazine.
(d) Black sitting at the table, eating.

15. What is a speculum?
(a) A musical instrument.
(b) A part of the large intestine.
(c) A shallow pool of water.
(d) Mirror or looking glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Blue write a letter about the case asking for advice?

2. What is the name of the science of reading bumps on the skull that Whitman believed in?

3. According to Fanshawe's letters, what was the hardest but most interesting job he had on the ship?

4. What does Sophie consider to be the problem in her relationship with the narrator?

5. Where do Sophie and the narrator meet to discuss Fanshawe's work at the narrator's suggestion?

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