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

2. What does Blue notice about White?
(a) He is balding.
(b) He is wearing a disguise.
(c) He has a tattoo.
(d) He has an accent.

3. For which of Fanshawe's friends does he write love letters to his girlfriend Sue-Anne?
(a) Roy Cutbirth.
(b) Paul Schiff.
(c) Jeffrey Brown.
(d) Otis Smart.

4. When Fanshawe first begins to write, who are his models?
(a) Whitman and Shelley.
(b) Salinger and Plath.
(c) Poe and Stevenson.
(d) Hawthorne and Williams.

5. According to Jane Fanshawe, how did the narrator and Fanshawe compare physically as children?
(a) Fanshawe was much taller than the narrator.
(b) The narrator was much thinner than Fanshawe.
(c) They looked very different.
(d) They looked like brothers, almost twins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first novel of Fanshawe's that the narrator gives to the editor?

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

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

4. What is the name that Blue uses when he disguises himself as a beggar?

5. What disease does Fanshawe's father have?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

7. When Blue first meets White in the novel Ghosts, what type of case does he think he is becoming involved in? What does he notice about White that makes him change his opinion?

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

9. What event does Blue leave out of his report that elicits a response from White? What is White's response and what conclusion does Blue draw from this?

10. When Blue receives his first payment from White, why is he surprised and then disappointed? What was he expecting?

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