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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 does Quinn find when he returns to his apartment?
(a) Virginia Stillman is there waiting for him.
(b) His belongings are gone and another resident is living there.
(c) His apartment building has burned down.
(d) Paul Auster is living there.

2. While living in the alleyway in Chapter 12, at what time does Quinn do his grocery shopping each morning?
(a) Eight o'clock in the morning.
(b) Six-thirty in the morning.
(c) Three-thirty in the morning.
(d) Ten o'clock in the morning.

3. In Chapter 2, who greets Quinn at the apartment door?
(a) Virginia Stillman.
(b) Max Work.
(c) Paul Auster.
(d) Peter Stillman.

4. What is the weather like on the day that Stillman does not appear as usual?
(a) It is sunny.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is windy.
(d) It is snowing.

5. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?
(a) The Stillman's apartment.
(b) The bookstore.
(c) Central Park.
(d) The Columbia Library.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Stillman's book, how many years elapsed between the Flood and the Tower of Babel?

2. Who held Peter Stillman captive in the dark room for nine years?

3. With what name does Quinn introduce himself to Stillman during their second meeting in Chapter 9?

4. Where is Quinn the second time the telephone rings?

5. From which historic landmark does Quinn telephone Virginia Stillman for the thirteenth time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Peter, what was his father's motivation for locking him up in the dark for so many years? Was he successful?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 13, where does Quinn go? What does he do there?

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

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

9. While Quinn is living in the alleyway in Chapter 12, what is his sleep schedule like? How is he able to measure the amount of time he has been sleeping?

10. What role does fate have in Quinn's involvement in the Stillman case? What does Quinn consider to be a sign of fate's decision?

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