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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 writes her a letter and does not receive a reply.
(c) No one answers his telephone call.
(d) He sends her a telegram but she never receives it.

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

3. How many suitcases does Fanshawe's work fill?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. What year is it when Blue begins work on the case?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1927.

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

6. What do the narrator and Jane Fanshawe do before the narrator leaves to return to his family?
(a) They go next door to visit the narrator's parents.
(b) They go for a walk around the city.
(c) They get into an argument.
(d) They eat lunch, talk, and have sex.

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

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

9. How old is Sophie when she meets the narrator of The Locked Room?
(a) Forty-six years old.
(b) Thirty-two years old.
(c) Sixteen years old.
(d) Twenty-six years old.

10. What does the narrator do after receiving Fanshawe's letter?
(a) He tells the editor to stop publishing Fanshawe's work.
(b) He hires a private investigator to find Fanshawe.
(c) He ends his relationship with Sophie.
(d) He proposes marriage to Sophie.

11. What is the amount of the monetary advance White gives Blue?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

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

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

14. According to Jane Fanshawe, who is responsible for the fact that Fanshawe never published any of his work?
(a) Sophie Fanshawe.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Ellen Fanshawe.
(d) Jane Fanshawe.

15. What does the narrator begin to suspect that Fanshawe wants him to do?
(a) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to divorce Sophie.
(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 kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue find when he opens the door to Black's apartment after Black tells him to come in?

2. What is the name of the first novel of Fanshawe's that the narrator gives to the editor?

3. Whom does Blue telephone to inform that he will be going undercover?

4. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?

5. Where does Blue go to watch Jackie Robinson play baseball?

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