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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 respond to the rumor that Fanshawe never existed and that he had written the works himself?
(a) He is flattered and promotes the rumors.
(b) He cries and refuses to speak to anyone for a week.
(c) He becomes angry and denies the rumors.
(d) He laughs and compares Fanshawe to Shakespeare.

2. What is the impulse driving the narrator in Chapter 7 of The Locked Room?
(a) To repair his relationship with Sophie.
(b) To finish writing his book.
(c) To find Fanshawe.
(d) To strengthen his relationship with Ben.

3. What does the narrator decide from the beginning that he will omit from his book?
(a) Fanshawe's marriage.
(b) Fanshawe's parents.
(c) Fanshawe's childhood.
(d) Fanshawe's letter to the narrator.

4. What does Fanshawe do two months after his sister has her first breakdown?
(a) He quits writing.
(b) He quits the baseball team.
(c) He quits his job as a census-taker.
(d) He quits college.

5. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?
(a) A life insurance salesman from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(b) An ice fisherman from Alberta, Canada.
(c) A lumberjack from White Springs, Colorado.
(d) A farmer from Holcomb, Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?

2. In the narrator's recollection about second grade, to whom does Fanshawe give the present intended for the birthday boy?

3. What does Blue watch Black do every day?

4. What does Black tell Blue that he thinks the man he is observing is writing?

5. What job do the Dedmons offer Fanshawe while they are away from France for the year?

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 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?

3. Which of Fanshawe's works does the narrator choose to show first to the editor? What is the editor's reaction to the work?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. What is the person who comes to collect Blue's report at the Brooklyn Post Office wearing? What does Blue do when he sees this person?

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

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. What project does Stuart Green commission from the narrator? What does Sophie suggest the narrator do to make the project more interesting?

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