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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Stillman's notes in Chapter 5, which character does he suspect of not being trustworthy?
(a) Paul Auster.
(b) The counterman at the luncheonette.
(c) Peter Stillman.
(d) Virginia Stillman.

2. Why does Quinn decide that fate is telling him that he cannot quit the Stillman case?
(a) Because he finds a copy of Stillman's book in a shop.
(b) Because he flips a coin and it comes up heads.
(c) Because he finds a photograph of Peter in the park.
(d) Because he is unable to reach Virginia Stillman.

3. Why do the narrator and Fanshawe hitch-hike home from the cemetery on the day that Fanshawe's father dies?
(a) They run out of gas.
(b) They are in a car accident.
(c) They don't have bus fare.
(d) The car gets stuck in the snow.

4. What is the last sentence written in the red notebook?
(a) "This is the last will and testament of Daniel Quinn."
(b) "Whatever happened to Peter Stillman?"
(c) "What will happen when there are no more pages in the red notebook?"
(d) "So it goes."

5. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?
(a) He climbs through a window.
(b) He picks the door lock.
(c) He asks the landlord to let him in.
(d) He kicks down the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter Stillman have in common with Quinn's son?

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

3. Where does the second meeting between Quinn and Stillman take place in Chapter 9?

4. According to Stillman, how is man like an egg?

5. What do Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette commonly converse about?

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