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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sophie consider to be the problem in her relationship with the narrator?
(a) The narrator's sexual infidelity.
(b) The narrator's unemployment.
(c) The book the narrator is writing.
(d) The narrator's snoring.

4. What does the narrator begin to suspect that Fanshawe wants him to do?
(a) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill his mother.
(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 write his biography.

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

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

7. During their second conversation, what does Black tell Blue that he does for a living?
(a) He says he is a writer.
(b) He says he is an insurance salesman.
(c) He says he is a teacher.
(d) He says he is a private detective.

8. 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.

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 David Thoreau and George Washington Carver.
(c) Henry Ward Beecher and Abraham Lincoln.
(d) George Washington and Walt Whitman.

10. According to Jane Fanshawe, how did the narrator and Fanshawe compare physically as children?
(a) The narrator was much thinner than Fanshawe.
(b) Fanshawe was much taller than the narrator.
(c) They looked very different.
(d) They looked like brothers, almost twins.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What disease does Fanshawe's father have?

3. What is the name that Blue uses when he disguises himself as a beggar?

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

5. What disguise does Blue use for his third encounter with Black?

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