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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. According to Fanshawe's letters, what was the hardest but most interesting job he had on the ship?
(a) A messman.
(b) The captain.
(c) An ordinary seaman.
(d) A utility man.

2. Why is Anne Michaux a little startled when she first sees the narrator in the café?
(a) She is expecting a woman.
(b) At first sight, she mistakes him for Fanshawe.
(c) She is frightened by the narrator, who has a threatening countenance.
(d) She is expecting a much older gentleman.

3. What does the narrator begin to suspect that Fanshawe wants him to do?
(a) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to divorce Sophie.
(b) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill his mother.
(c) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill him.
(d) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to write his biography.

4. When he began his writing career, what had the narrator of The Locked Room hoped to become?
(a) A literary critic.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A novelist.
(d) A poet.

5. For which of Fanshawe's friends does he write love letters to his girlfriend Sue-Anne?
(a) Otis Smart.
(b) Jeffrey Brown.
(c) Paul Schiff.
(d) Roy Cutbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue find when he opens the door to Black's apartment after Black tells him to come in?

2. Where is Quinn the second time the telephone rings?

3. What does Quinn do for a living?

4. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?

5. What does Auster plan to do with Virginia Stillman's check?

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