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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator react to being in Fanshawe's room with his things?
(a) He becomes angry.
(b) He is happy and thinks about the good times they had.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He is nervous and wants to leave.

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

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

8. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?
(a) A life insurance salesman from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(b) A lumberjack from White Springs, Colorado.
(c) A farmer from Holcomb, Kansas.
(d) An ice fisherman from Alberta, Canada.

9. 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.

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

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

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

13. To which philosopher is attributed this quote that the narrator tacks onto the wall: "And when he dreams he does not want to write, he does not have the power to dream he wants to write; and when he dreams he wants to write, he does not have the power to dream he does not want to write."
(a) Kant.
(b) Hume.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Spinoza.

14. Where is the apartment located that the narrator, Sophie and Ben move into after their marriage?
(a) Park Avenue.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Fifth Avenue.
(d) Riverside Drive.

15. Where does Blue read about Gold and the case of the murdered child?
(a) Walden.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) True Detective.
(d) TIme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjectives does Black use to describe his mask?

2. What job do the Dedmons offer Fanshawe while they are away from France for the year?

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

4. Why do the narrator and Fanshawe hitch-hike home from the cemetery on the day that Fanshawe's father dies?

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

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