1. What does Quinn do for a living?
(a) Writes romance novels.
(b) Writes mystery novels.
(c) Writes poetry.
(d) Writes medical textbooks.

2. What instrument does Quinn use for the first drafts of all of his writing?
(a) A pen.
(b) Fingerpaint.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A computer.

3. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?
(a) Nothing; he is naked.
(b) Swim trunks.
(c) His pajamas.
(d) A blue shirt.

4. What do Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette commonly converse about?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Literature.
(c) Football.
(d) The weather.

5. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?
(a) They are dressed differently.
(b) One of them has brown hair.
(c) They are of different heights.
(d) One of them has fewer wrinkles.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 4, Quinn begins to think of preventing Peter Stillman's murder as personal redemption for his inability to prevent the death of whom?

2. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?

3. In Chapter 1, what is the event that occasions the meeting between Quinn and Stillman?

4. Where is the Stillman family from?

5. Who is the author of The New Babel?

(see the answer key)

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