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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the man wearing the Halloween mask manage to escape from Blue?
(a) He runs into a crowded train station.
(b) He climbs a fence.
(c) He leaps aboard a bus.
(d) He disappears into an alleyway.

2. What does Fanshawe's mother offer the narrator to help him with his project?
(a) Fanshawe's diary.
(b) Letters, photographs, and documents.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Money.

3. To which two continental philosophers does the narrator credit the concept of the "noble savage"?
(a) Milton and Dark.
(b) Locke and Rousseau.
(c) Nietzsche and Heidigger.
(d) Hume and Kant.

4. Where is the story Ghosts set?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. In the story The Locked Room, when did the narrator meet Fanshawe?
(a) When they were babies.
(b) In second grade.
(c) In college.
(d) Seven years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Quinn use for the first drafts of all of his writing?

2. What does Stillman do with the object that he examines during his walks in Chapter 8 of the novel?

3. What year is it when Blue begins work on the case?

4. What is the name of Paul Auster's son?

5. While living in the alleyway in Chapter 12, at what time does Quinn do his grocery shopping each morning?

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