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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Virginia and Peter Stillman meet?
(a) At a party.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At school.
(d) On vacation.

2. Whom is Auster expecting when he opens the door to Quinn?
(a) The landlord.
(b) His daughter.
(c) The repairman.
(d) His wife.

3. What does Quinn do to alleviate his boredom while following Stillman?
(a) He writes love letters to Virginia Stillman in the red notebook.
(b) He sings to himself.
(c) He draws pictures of horses in the red notebook.
(d) He records meticulous details about Stillman in the red notebook.

4. Where does the first face-to-face meeting between Quinn and Stillman take place?
(a) In Riverside Park.
(b) At Peter Stillman's apartment.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) On the train.

5. What instrument does Quinn use for the first drafts of all of his writing?
(a) A computer.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A pen.
(d) Fingerpaint.

6. What was Virginia Stillman's profession before she married Peter?
(a) Speech therapist.
(b) University professor.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Private detective.

7. According to the telephone conversation at the end of Chapter 1, why does the caller need Quinn to protect him?
(a) The caller has committed a crime.
(b) The caller believes he is going to be murdered.
(c) The caller is paranoid.
(d) The caller is a celebrity.

8. According to Stillman's book, what was the biblical Adam's only task in the Garden of Eden?
(a) To reproduce.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To invent language.
(d) To eat.

9. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?
(a) His pajamas.
(b) A blue shirt.
(c) Swim trunks.
(d) Nothing; he is naked.

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

11. According to the end of Chapter 8, what does "El" mean in ancient Hebrew?
(a) Myth.
(b) Babel.
(c) Paradise.
(d) God.

12. While living in the alleyway in Chapter 12, at what time does Quinn do his grocery shopping each morning?
(a) Six-thirty in the morning.
(b) Eight o'clock in the morning.
(c) Three-thirty in the morning.
(d) Ten o'clock in the morning.

13. With what name does Quinn introduce himself the first time that he speaks to Stillman in Chapter 9?
(a) Dark.
(b) Quinn.
(c) Work.
(d) Stillman.

14. What item does Stillman carry with him on his daily walks?
(a) A copy of the Bible.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) An old-fashioned carpet bag.
(d) A metal detector.

15. According to Stillman's book, how many years elapsed between the Flood and the Tower of Babel?
(a) 560 years.
(b) 220 years.
(c) 340 years.
(d) 170 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the titles of the two parts of Stillman's book?

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

3. After Quinn figures out the message, how many days does he estimate are left before Stillman makes a move to harm Peter?

4. Which historical figure was faced with the challenge of standing an egg on its end?

5. Why does Quinn decide that fate is telling him that he cannot quit the Stillman case?

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