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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1 of The Locked Room, from whom does the narrator receive a letter?
(a) Fanshawe.
(b) Sophie Fanshawe.
(c) Ben Fanshawe.
(d) Fanshawe's mother.

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

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

4. In the narrator's recollection about second grade, to whom does Fanshawe give the present intended for the birthday boy?
(a) The narrator.
(b) His mother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) Dennis Walden.

5. What is the name of the film about the private eye starring Robert Mitchum that Blue goes to see?
(a) East of Eden.
(b) Out of the Past.
(c) Blast from the Past.
(d) From Here to Eternity.

6. What does Fanshawe warn the narrator about in his letter?
(a) If the narrator adopts Ben, he will kill him.
(b) If the narrator finds Fanshawe, he will kill him.
(c) If the narrator marries Sophie, he will kill him.
(d) If the narrator continues to publish his work, he will kill him.

7. For which of Fanshawe's friends does he write love letters to his girlfriend Sue-Anne?
(a) Roy Cutbirth.
(b) Paul Schiff.
(c) Jeffrey Brown.
(d) Otis Smart.

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

9. What is a speculum?
(a) A shallow pool of water.
(b) A part of the large intestine.
(c) A musical instrument.
(d) Mirror or looking glass.

10. When he began his writing career, what had the narrator of The Locked Room hoped to become?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A literary critic.
(c) A novelist.
(d) A poet.

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

12. What form of payment does White send to Blue?
(a) Cash.
(b) A personal check.
(c) A postal money order.
(d) Gold doubloons.

13. What is the name of the private detective who had worked for Sophie?
(a) Auster.
(b) Brown.
(c) Quinn.
(d) Blue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What summer job does the narrator of The Locked Room have in June of 1970?

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

4. Where is the story Ghosts set?

5. What does Blue watch Black do every day?

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