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

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 disappears into an alleyway.
(d) He leaps aboard a bus.

2. What disease does Fanshawe's father have?
(a) Cancer.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Gout.

3. What does Blue find when he opens the door to Black's apartment after Black tells him to come in?
(a) Black sitting at the table, eating.
(b) Black sitting at his computer, writing.
(c) Black sitting on the toliet, reading a magazine.
(d) Black wearing the Halloween mask, pointing a gun at him.

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

5. What is the name of the private detective who had worked for Sophie?
(a) Quinn.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Auster.

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

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

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

9. The images of which two historical figures are inspirational to Blue when he visits the churchyard?
(a) John Adams and Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Henry Ward Beecher and Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Henry David Thoreau and George Washington Carver.
(d) George Washington and Walt Whitman.

10. What varsity sport did Fanshawe play for a brief period in his sophomore year before suddenly quitting the team?
(a) Lacrosse.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

11. To whom does Blue write a letter about the case asking for advice?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

12. Where did Fanshawe tell his wife he was going on the day he disappeared?
(a) To Atlantic City to gamble.
(b) To Broadway to see a musical.
(c) To New Jersey to visit his mother.
(d) To Manhattan to meet with a client.

13. What name does Blue use to introduce himself to Black during their second conversation?
(a) Snow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Rain.
(d) White.

14. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?
(a) A farmer from Holcomb, Kansas.
(b) An ice fisherman from Alberta, Canada.
(c) A life insurance salesman from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(d) A lumberjack from White Springs, Colorado.

15. What is the number of the box at the Brooklyn Post Office to which Blue sends his monthly reports?
(a) 1,007.
(b) 1,001.
(c) 1,947.
(d) 312.

Short Answer Questions

1. What project does Stuart Green propose the narrator undertake?

2. What words are used to describe Blue's state of mind during the early period of the case?

3. When he began his writing career, what had the narrator of The Locked Room hoped to become?

4. What conclusion does the narrator draw from the examples of La Chère and Da Ponte?

5. What form of payment does White send to Blue?

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