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

2. During their second conversation, what does Black tell Blue that he does for a living?
(a) He says he is an insurance salesman.
(b) He says he is a private detective.
(c) He says he is a writer.
(d) He says he is a teacher.

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

4. Where did Fanshawe tell his wife he was going on the day he disappeared?
(a) To New Jersey to visit his mother.
(b) To Manhattan to meet with a client.
(c) To Atlantic City to gamble.
(d) To Broadway to see a musical.

5. What drink does Black order during his second encounter with Blue?
(a) A Black and Tan.
(b) A Manhattan.
(c) A Tom Collins.
(d) A Black and White on the rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is absent from amongst Fanshawe's writings in the suitcase?

2. From where was Fanshawe's letter postmarked?

3. What is the name of the first novel of Fanshawe's that the narrator gives to the editor?

4. What is the name of the bartender with whom Blue has occasional conversations when he slips out to a bar?

5. What do the narrator and Jane Fanshawe do before the narrator leaves to return to his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator learn about Fanshawe through his interviews with Fanshawe's friends and family? What is he looking for that he does not find?

2. According to the narrator's recollection, why does Fanshawe give his birthday gift to Dennis Walden? What is the outcome and why is this incident significant for the narrator?

3. What initiates the argument between Sophie and the narrator at the end of Chapter 7? What is the status of their relationship when the narrator leaves for Paris?

4. In The Locked Room, what is Sophie Fanshawe's condition when her husband goes missing? Describe the trajectory of her emotional reaction to his disappearance.

5. Why does the narrator struggle with showing Fanshawe's letter to Sophie? What does he do instead?

6. Why does Fanshawe continue to address his letters to Ellen even after her breakdown? To whom are the letters meant to communicate?

7. In the early period of the case, what two extreme attitudes does Blue experience? How does each of these extreme conditions make him feel?

8. What does Fanshawe do during his trip to the cemetery with the narrator on the day of his father's death? What does his action remind the narrator of from their early childhood?

9. What is Sophie Fanshawe's reaction to the narrator's opinion of Fanshawe's work? Why does the narrator assume that she reacts in this way?

10. What does Blue want to do when he thinks about the future Mrs. Blue? How does this make him realize that he is changing?

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