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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doubts does Quinn have about the letters from the maps?
(a) Quinn worries that he misspelled a word.
(b) Quinn worries that he imagined the whole thing.
(c) Quinn worries that he is missing a letter.
(d) Quinn worries that Stillman has seen him.

2. According to Stillman, how is man like an egg?
(a) Like an egg, man is pure potential; he is not fully realized.
(b) Like an egg, man is white.
(c) Like an egg, man is tempramental.
(d) Like an egg, man is easily cracked.

3. Where does the second meeting between Quinn and Stillman take place in Chapter 9?
(a) The Mayflower Cafe.
(b) The Pinta Hotel.
(c) The Santa Maria Cafe.
(d) The Titanic Hotel.

4. Why does Stillman choose to carry out his project in New York?
(a) Because brokeness is everywhere in the city.
(b) Because he has family there.
(c) Because he is a Mets fan.
(d) Because it is the financial capital of the nation.

5. What instrument does Quinn use for the first drafts of all of his writing?
(a) A pen.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A computer.
(d) Fingerpaint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last sentence written in the red notebook?

2. What does Virginia Stillman do after she walks Quinn to the door in Chapter 3?

3. What was Virginia Stillman's profession before she married Peter?

4. Where does Stillman eat his dinner on most days?

5. In Chapter 8, what time does Stillman begin his daily walks?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Stillman's book, where should the new paradise be built? When should this building occur and why then?

2. Describe the relationship between Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette. What interest unites them?

3. Describe Stillman's daily routine. What items does he take with him on his daily walks?

4. Why did Stillman invent the persona of Henry Dark? What significance does this name have?

5. What does Quinn believe is the key to effective detective work? Does his theory prove to be correct? Why or why not?

6. What is the financial and societal status of the Stillman family? Where do the Stillmans come from?

7. Why is Virginia Stillman scared when Quinn calls her at the end of Chapter 9? What makes her think that Stillman may have contacted Peter?

8. What job does Virginia Stillman hire Auster to do? How does she expect him to start?

9. In the waiting room, what is the girl's opinion of the William Wilson novel that Quinn wrote? What is Quinn's reaction to her opinion?

10. What is Stillman's project as he explains it to Quinn in Chapter 9? Why is this work necessary?

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