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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 is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?
(a) His pajamas.
(b) Swim trunks.
(c) Nothing; he is naked.
(d) A blue shirt.

2. In Chapter 8, what do each of the maps of Stillman's routes resemble to Quinn?
(a) A heart.
(b) A letter of the alphabet.
(c) A flower.
(d) A cloud.

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

4. At the end of Chapter 4, Quinn begins to think of preventing Peter Stillman's murder as personal redemption for his inability to prevent the death of whom?
(a) His son.
(b) His wife.
(c) His dog.
(d) His father.

5. Where did Virginia and Peter Stillman meet?
(a) At a party.
(b) At school.
(c) On vacation.
(d) In the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?

2. What does Peter Stillman have in common with Quinn's son?

3. At the end of Chapter 13, what is the relationship between the narrator and Paul Auster?

4. Whom does Peter Stillman fear is going to murder him?

5. What does Quinn consider to be the ideal relationship between a detective and his client?

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. What is revealed about Quinn's family in Chapter 1 of City of Glass? Where is his family now?

3. What is the danger of Quinn's becoming too bored while following Stillman? Who does he pretend to be in order to combat his boredom?

4. What is unusual about the relationship between Peter Stillman and his wife Virginia? What does Virginia do to make their relationship work?

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

6. After losing track of Stillman, who does Quinn seek out for advice on the Stillman case? Why does he think this person will be able to help him?

7. What is Stillman's theory about having children? What is the correlation between having children and knowledge?

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

9. 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?

10. In what year did Stillman lock up his son? Why is this significant?

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