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

3. What job do the Dedmons offer Fanshawe while they are away from France for the year?
(a) Butler for their wealthy friends.
(b) Caretaker of their country house.
(c) Nanny for their four children.
(d) Chauffeur for their elderly parents.

4. Which of Fanshawe's friends from Harvard had his father arranged for Fanshawe's job on an oil tanker?
(a) Roy Cutbirth.
(b) Paul Schiff.
(c) Otis Smart.
(d) Jeffrey Brown.

5. What does Blue watch Black do every day?
(a) Drink bourbon and smoke.
(b) Watch television.
(c) Read and write.
(d) Cook and clean.

6. What is the woman's reaction to the conversation she has with Black in the restaurant?
(a) She is nonchalant and unresponsive.
(b) She is giddy and giggles.
(c) She is upset and begins to cry.
(d) She is happy and laughs.

7. What is the name of the science of reading bumps on the skull that Whitman believed in?
(a) Phrenology.
(b) Theology.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Ontology.

8. When was the last time the narrator can remember seeing Fanshawe?
(a) The day Fanshawe's father died.
(b) The day Fanshawe's first child was born.
(c) The day Fanshawe graduated from college.
(d) The day Fanshawe was married.

9. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?
(a) He asks the landlord to let him in.
(b) He picks the door lock.
(c) He climbs through a window.
(d) He kicks down the door.

10. What does Fanshawe do two months after his sister has her first breakdown?
(a) He quits the baseball team.
(b) He quits his job as a census-taker.
(c) He quits writing.
(d) He quits college.

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

12. What disguise does Blue use for his third encounter with Black?
(a) The cable repairman.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The Fuller Brush man.
(d) The mailman.

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

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

15. How does the narrator respond to the rumor that Fanshawe never existed and that he had written the works himself?
(a) He laughs and compares Fanshawe to Shakespeare.
(b) He is flattered and promotes the rumors.
(c) He cries and refuses to speak to anyone for a week.
(d) He becomes angry and denies the rumors.