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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. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?
(a) He began to doubt that Stillman would be so elegant.
(b) He flipped a coin.
(c) He lost sight of the second Stillman.
(d) He was following the second man out of spite.

2. In Chapter 8, what is the message spelled out by the letters of the maps?
(a) THE MYTH OF BABEL.
(b) THE MYTH OF PARADISE.
(c) THE NEW BABEL.
(d) THE TOWER OF BABEL.

3. What happens when Blue finally decides to contact the future Mrs. Blue?
(a) He sends her a telegram but she never receives it.
(b) They agree to meet in the park but she doesn't come.
(c) He writes her a letter and does not receive a reply.
(d) No one answers his telephone call.

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

5. Where is Sophie Fanshawe from originally?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) New York.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fanshawe have with him behind the locked door?

2. Where did Fanshawe tell his wife he was going on the day he disappeared?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Quinn spend many hours doing each day while he is living in the alleyway?

4. What does Peter Stillman do to the narrator?

5. Where does Fanshawe want to meet the narrator to speak with him?

(see the answer key)

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