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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 much money does Quinn withdraw from the automatic teller at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Five hundred and forty-nine dollars.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) Three hundred and forty-nine dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

2. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?
(a) He began to doubt that Stillman would be so elegant.
(b) He lost sight of the second Stillman.
(c) He flipped a coin.
(d) He was following the second man out of spite.

3. What does Stillman do with the object that he examines during his walks in Chapter 8 of the novel?
(a) He throws them in the garbage.
(b) He sells them on eBay.
(c) He puts them in his pockets.
(d) He writes something about them in a red notebook.

4. At the end of Chapter 13, what is the relationship between the narrator and Paul Auster?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are friends.

5. What is the name of the persona that Stillman invents in his book in order to protect himself?
(a) Max Work.
(b) Henry Dark.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Humpty Dumpty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Stillman carry with him on his daily walks?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Quinn spend many hours doing each day while he is living in the alleyway?

3. What is the name of the Park where Stillman tends to spend several hours each day?

4. From which historic landmark does Quinn telephone Virginia Stillman for the thirteenth time?

5. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does Quinn write about in the red notebook? According to his observations, what is the social hierarchy of the vagabond population like?

2. What does Quinn believe is the key to effective detective work? Does his theory prove to be correct? Why or why not?

3. In the telephone calls in Chapter 1, with whom is Quinn confused? What is the nature of this person's work?

4. What is the first thing that Quinn writes in the red notebook? Why is this significant?

5. While Quinn is living in the alleyway in Chapter 12, what is his sleep schedule like? How is he able to measure the amount of time he has been sleeping?

6. Describe the relationship between Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette. What interest unites them?

7. What is Stillman's theory about having children? What is the correlation between having children and knowledge?

8. Where does Stillman go after leaving Grand Central Station? Why is Quinn surprised by this?

9. In what year did Stillman lock up his son? Why is this significant?

10. What is the danger of Quinn's becoming too bored while following Stillman? Who does he pretend to be in order to combat his boredom?

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