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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. What are the two nicknames by which Fanshawe was known on the ship?
(a) The "Boy" and the "Lady's man."
(b) The "Baby" and the "Doctor."
(c) The "Captain" and the "Writer."
(d) The "Kid" and the "Professor."

2. When Quinn first meets Peter Stillman, what color does he associate with him?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. What summer job does the narrator of The Locked Room have in June of 1970?
(a) A journalist in Manhattan.
(b) A delivery man in the Bronx.
(c) A census-taker in Harlem.
(d) A teacher in Brooklyn.

4. Who does the man in the bar insist he is when he confuses him with Fanshawe?
(a) Peter Stillman.
(b) Daniel Quinn.
(c) Paul Auster.
(d) Henry Dark.

5. What does Blue notice about White?
(a) He is wearing a disguise.
(b) He is balding.
(c) He has a tattoo.
(d) He has an accent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the narrator and Fanshawe hitch-hike home from the cemetery on the day that Fanshawe's father dies?

2. What name has Fanshawe been using?

3. What does Fanshawe do two months after his sister has her first breakdown?

4. From where was Fanshawe's letter postmarked?

5. Where does Quinn go at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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