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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Blue go to watch Jackie Robinson play baseball?
(a) Wrigley Field.
(b) Ebbets Field.
(c) Madison Square Garden.
(d) Shea Stadium.

3. What varsity sport did Fanshawe play for a brief period in his sophomore year before suddenly quitting the team?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Lacrosse.

4. What does Fanshawe's mother offer the narrator to help him with his project?
(a) Fanshawe's diary.
(b) Money.
(c) Letters, photographs, and documents.
(d) Clothing.

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

6. Where is the story Ghosts set?
(a) Boston.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

8. 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 becomes angry.
(d) He is happy and thinks about the good times they had.

9. What do the narrator and Jane Fanshawe do before the narrator leaves to return to his family?
(a) They go next door to visit the narrator's parents.
(b) They go for a walk around the city.
(c) They eat lunch, talk, and have sex.
(d) They get into an argument.

10. 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.

11. What is absent from amongst Fanshawe's writings in the suitcase?
(a) Letters and diaries.
(b) Novels.
(c) Plays.
(d) Poetry.

12. What form of payment does White send to Blue?
(a) Gold doubloons.
(b) Cash.
(c) A postal money order.
(d) A personal check.

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

14. Where is Sophie Fanshawe from originally?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Michigan.
(c) New York.
(d) Wisconsin.

15. What is the name that Blue uses when he disguises himself as a beggar?
(a) Tommy Violet.
(b) Bobby Lilac.
(c) Billy Scarlet.
(d) Jimmy Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the narrator draw from the examples of La Chère and Da Ponte?

2. What does Fanshawe warn the narrator about in his letter?

3. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Ghosts, who is it that walks through the door, thus beginning the story?

4. Where does Blue read about Gold and the case of the murdered child?

5. What is the name of the science of reading bumps on the skull that Whitman believed in?

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