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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Auster and the narrator find in the Stillman's apartment?
(a) Stillman's book.
(b) The red notebook.
(c) Nothing; it is completely empty.
(d) Daniel Quinn's corpse.

3. How does Quinn find out that Stillman has committed suicide?
(a) Virginia Stillman tells him over the telephone.
(b) He sees a news story about it on television.
(c) Paul Auster tells him over the telephone.
(d) He reads it in a newspaper.

4. How old is Sophie when she meets the narrator of The Locked Room?
(a) Thirty-two years old.
(b) Forty-six years old.
(c) Sixteen years old.
(d) Twenty-six years old.

5. What does Peter Stillman have in common with Quinn's son?
(a) They are both named Peter.
(b) They both are Mets fans.
(c) They are the same age.
(d) They are the same height.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator decide from the beginning that he will omit from his book?

2. In Chapter 10, what novel is Paul Auster writing an article about?

3. Where is the apartment located that the narrator, Sophie and Ben move into after their marriage?

4. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?

5. What is the weather like on the day that Stillman does not appear as usual?

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