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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. In what condition does Blue leave Black in the apartment?
(a) Depressed and disappointed.
(b) Confused and disbelieving.
(c) Perfectly healthy and content.
(d) Badly beaten, unconscious, and barely alive.

2. The images of which two historical figures are inspirational to Blue when he visits the churchyard?
(a) George Washington and Walt Whitman.
(b) Henry David Thoreau and George Washington Carver.
(c) Henry Ward Beecher and Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John Adams and Calvin Coolidge.

3. Who is the editor that the narrator contacts to publish Fanshawe's work?
(a) Stuart Green.
(b) Roger Fanshawe.
(c) Stuart Black.
(d) Sam Smith.

4. 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.

5. Where does Blue read about Gold and the case of the murdered child?
(a) TIme.
(b) True Detective.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) Walden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that the narrator uses to describe his attitude toward Fanshawe that is more accurate than envy?

2. When was the last time the narrator can remember seeing Fanshawe?

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

4. What is a speculum?

5. What is the amount of the monetary advance White gives Blue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is difficult for Blue about writing the monthly reports of Black's activities for White to read? What does he want to include in the reports to make them more truthful?

3. What aspects of Fanshawe's background could be considered possible liabilities on the ship? How does his background affect the way in which he is actually treated by his fellow shipmates?

4. When Blue enters Black's apartment disguised as the Fuller Brush man, what does Black tell Blue his profession is? When Blue later breaks into Black's apartment and steals the papers from his desk, what does he find them to contain?

5. Who told Blue stories about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? What was this person's profession and what became of him?

6. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?

7. When the narrator agrees to Stuart Green's project, what does he decide he will have to be deceitful about? How does this change the work he has been commissioned to do?

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

9. 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?

10. When Black speaks to Blue about Walt Whitman, what two internal organs does he compare? What do these viscera have to do with the profession of writing?

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