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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is the narrator apprehensive about opening the suitcases and reading Fanshawe's work?
(a) He remembers that Fanshawe liked to write about things that did not interest him.
(b) He has too much of his own work to do and is worried about the time it will take.
(c) He doesn't want Fanshawe's work to be bad, but neither does he want it to be good.
(d) He worries that he will read something very personal about Sophie and Fanshawe's relationship.

5. What project does Stuart Green propose the narrator undertake?
(a) To write a work of literary criticism about Fanshawe's work.
(b) To edit a collection of Fanshawe's personal correspondence.
(c) To write a novel.
(d) To write a biography of Fanshawe.

6. What drink does Black order during his second encounter with Blue?
(a) A Black and White on the rocks.
(b) A Manhattan.
(c) A Black and Tan.
(d) A Tom Collins.

7. While living in France, to which country does Fanshawe take a three-week trip?
(a) Wales.
(b) England.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

8. Where do Sophie and the narrator meet to discuss Fanshawe's work at the narrator's suggestion?
(a) A fast food restaurant.
(b) The narrator's apartment.
(c) A fashionable French restaurant.
(d) Sophie Fanshawe's apartment.

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

10. Whom does White want Blue to keep an eye on?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

11. In what condition does Blue leave Black in the apartment?
(a) Perfectly healthy and content.
(b) Confused and disbelieving.
(c) Depressed and disappointed.
(d) Badly beaten, unconscious, and barely alive.

12. What is the impulse driving the narrator in Chapter 7 of The Locked Room?
(a) To find Fanshawe.
(b) To strengthen his relationship with Ben.
(c) To repair his relationship with Sophie.
(d) To finish writing his book.

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

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

15. What does the narrator begin to suspect that Fanshawe wants him to do?
(a) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to write his biography.
(b) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill him.
(c) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to divorce Sophie.
(d) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is absent from amongst Fanshawe's writings in the suitcase?

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

3. What name does Blue use to introduce himself to Black during their second conversation?

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

5. What varsity sport did Fanshawe play for a brief period in his sophomore year before suddenly quitting the team?

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