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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 a speculum?
(a) A part of the large intestine.
(b) A shallow pool of water.
(c) A musical instrument.
(d) Mirror or looking glass.

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

3. How will Blue be paid for his work?
(a) Paid up front.
(b) Upon completion of the assignment.
(c) Direct deposit.
(d) A check in the mail.

4. While living in Paris, what appliance does Fanshawe give as a gift to his elderly friend Ivan?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) An electric range.
(c) A blender.
(d) A dishwasher.

5. What does the narrator begin to suspect that Fanshawe wants him to do?
(a) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill his mother.
(b) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to divorce Sophie.
(c) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to write his biography.
(d) He suspects that Fanshawe wants him to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what condition does Blue leave Black in the apartment?

3. In the story The Locked Room, when did the narrator meet Fanshawe?

4. What does the narrator do after receiving Fanshawe's letter?

5. Where does Blue go to watch Jackie Robinson play baseball?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

6. What is Jane Fanshawe's critique of her son? How does she describe the relationship between Fanshawe and his parents?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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