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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fanshawe's mother offer the narrator to help him with his project?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Letters, photographs, and documents.
(c) Fanshawe's diary.
(d) Money.

2. Where do Blue and Black have their second meeting?
(a) On the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) In the Algonquin Hotel.
(c) On Madison Avenue.
(d) In Blue's apartment.

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

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

5. What does the narrator decide from the beginning that he will omit from his book?
(a) Fanshawe's parents.
(b) Fanshawe's letter to the narrator.
(c) Fanshawe's childhood.
(d) Fanshawe's marriage.

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

7. While living in Paris, what appliance does Fanshawe give as a gift to his elderly friend Ivan?
(a) A blender.
(b) A dishwasher.
(c) An electric range.
(d) A refrigerator.

8. What does Fanshawe warn the narrator about in his letter?
(a) If the narrator adopts Ben, he will kill him.
(b) If the narrator marries Sophie, he will kill him.
(c) If the narrator finds Fanshawe, he will kill him.
(d) If the narrator continues to publish his work, he will kill him.

9. Where does Blue go to watch Jackie Robinson play baseball?
(a) Madison Square Garden.
(b) Ebbets Field.
(c) Wrigley Field.
(d) Shea Stadium.

10. What is the name of the bartender with whom Blue has occasional conversations when he slips out to a bar?
(a) Gray.
(b) Red.
(c) Violet.
(d) Brown.

11. What words are used to describe Blue's state of mind during the early period of the case?
(a) Depression and infatuation.
(b) Happiness and contentment.
(c) Tranquility and decision.
(d) Ambivalence and conflict.

12. What does Black tell Blue that he thinks the man he is observing is writing?
(a) A historical novel.
(b) The story of his life.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A cookbook.

13. On what occasion does the sexual relationship between the narrator and Sophie Fanshawe begin?
(a) On the day that Fanshawe's work is accepted by the publisher.
(b) On Sophie Fanshawe's birthday.
(c) On the day that they meet to discuss Fanshawe's work for the first time.
(d) On the narrator's birthday.

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

15. What is absent from amongst Fanshawe's writings in the suitcase?
(a) Letters and diaries.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Novels.
(d) Plays.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the impulse driving the narrator in Chapter 7 of The Locked Room?

3. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Ghosts, who is it that walks through the door, thus beginning the story?

4. What is the name of the film about the private eye starring Robert Mitchum that Blue goes to see?

5. How does the man wearing the Halloween mask manage to escape from Blue?

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