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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 does the villain do when the hero tells him to release the hostages?
(a) He kills one.
(b) He lets them go.
(c) He runs away through a hall of mirrors.
(d) He laughs.

2. Which young boy's mother is ill, as the reader learns in a flashback?
(a) Amadeus Arkham.
(b) Bruce Wayne.
(c) Batman.
(d) Burt Ward.

3. What was Martin Hawkins' crime/crimes?
(a) Blowing up people with bombs.
(b) Grand theft auto.
(c) Murder and mutilation.
(d) Burning people.

4. Which Biblical book does Amadeus typically quote?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Acts.

5. Who in Amadeus' life was insane?
(a) His mother.
(b) His little sister.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is this story set?

2. Which villain has been chained in the asylum basement?

3. Which evil villain is wheel chair bound?

4. What kind of novel is Arkham Asylum?

5. What is the name of the girl who works in the asylum's kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the Cheshire Cat in the opening of this novel?

2. The Joker's reasoning for having the hero come to the asylum seems to differ from other inmates' reasons. What is the difference?

3. What is the importance of Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins to this novel?

4. Discuss the mental illness of Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins.

5. Discuss briefly two ways in which the clown fish is important to this story.

6. Discuss the dual personality of Harvey Dent.

7. Briefly discuss what the bat skeleton symbolizes in the opening pages.

8. What literary technique is used to tell Arkham's story in this novel and why?

9. Why does the hero initially say he will not go to the asylum?

10. What observations does the hero state about the asylum and one of its patients?

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