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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 does Quinn feel when he looks at the photograph of the elder Stillman?
(a) He feels anger and regret.
(b) He feels as if he has seen it before.
(c) He feels nothing.
(d) He feels confused and lost.

2. Who does Quinn buy a pen from in Chapter 6?
(a) A blind man.
(b) A deaf mute man.
(c) An old man.
(d) A tall man.

3. What happened to Peter's mother?
(a) She died in her sleep.
(b) She died of old age.
(c) She died of cancer.
(d) She died in a car accident.

4. Who is Michael?
(a) The neighbor Virginia had an affair with.
(b) The man who referred Virgnia to Paul Auster.
(c) The neighbor Peter Stillman does not trust.
(d) The man who robbed Peter of his inheritance.

5. What is unusual about Peter?
(a) He is extremely intellegent but lacks common sense.
(b) He is rich but acts as if he is poor.
(c) He has the disposition and skill set of a child.
(d) He is a talented musician who plays with his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Quinn go to eat at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What color clothing does Peter Stillman wear most?

3. How does Quinn dress when he goes to meet the mystery caller for the first time?

4. How did Henry Dark die?

5. How much money is Quinn paid on a daily basis to follow and observe the elder Stillman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Quinn choose to leave the library without recording any information in his notebook?

2. Why is Peter Stillman's mother not present in City of Glass?

3. What does Peter Stillman look like?

4. List three reasons that Quinn frequently eats at Heights Luncheonette.

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

6. How is Quinn able to feed himself during the time he lives as a bum?

7. How does Paul Auster treat Quinn when they first meet?

8. What are Quinn's opinions and feelings when it comes to Virginia Stillman by the end of Chapter 5?

9. What does Virginia Stillman look like?

10. What does Daniel Auster look like?

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