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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. What is special about the white flag attached to the pen Quinn buys?
(a) The flag has words written in runes on it.
(b) The flag is blank.
(c) The flag is striped with colors of the rainbow.
(d) The flag has a chart of the manual alphabet on it.

2. Who does Quinn regularly talk to about sports?
(a) The bee keeper.
(b) The dentist.
(c) The counterman.
(d) The maid.

3. How much money is Quinn paid on a daily basis to follow and observe the elder Stillman?
(a) Three hundred dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

4. For how long was Peter kept locked up as a child?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Ten years.

5. Which emotion does Quinn most strongly experience when he first sees Stillman's train?
(a) Anger.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Dread.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many years after the flood was the Tower of Babel built?

2. How long did Virgina and Peter know each other before they married?

3. What is Quinn's favorite sport?

4. Which train station does Quinn first see Stillman at?

5. Who does Quinn pretend to be while wandering the train station in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daniel Auster look like?

2. Why is Henry Dark an important figure in Professor Stillman's writing?

3. Why does Quinn publish his books under the name William Wilson?

4. Why does Quinn withdraw most of the money from his bank account?

5. Why is the subject of mistreated children difficult for Quinn?

6. Why does Quinn go into Virginia and Peter Stillman's apartment in Chapter 13?

7. What was Henry Dark's version of paradise?

8. How does Quinn react the first time he is called by Peter Stillman?

9. What does Peter Stillman look like?

10. What is the elder Stillman's reaction to Quinn when they first meet face to face?

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