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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. Who destroys the asylum?
(a) Cavendish.
(b) The Joker.
(c) Two Face.
(d) Batman.

2. In what does Two Face lose interest at the end of the novel?
(a) Tarot cards.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) His coin.
(d) Dice.

3. What does Amadeus see under his mother's bed?
(a) A bird.
(b) A rat.
(c) A bat.
(d) A cricket.

4. Who is pushed down a flight of stairs in the asylum?
(a) Doctor Destiny.
(b) Two Face.
(c) Scarface.
(d) Clayface.

5. What noise does Amadeus sometimes hear coming from an empty room?
(a) Crying.
(b) Whining.
(c) Moaning.
(d) Mad laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is holding the hostage in the secret room when the hero finds it?

2. What does the scene quoted from a popular children's book represent?

3. What illegal substance does Amadeus begin to use himself?

4. What weapon has the captor used on the hostage in the secret room?

5. Who kills Cavendish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly discuss the symbolism of Two Face knocking down the card house.

2. Describe Doctor Destiny's appearance and what made him a dangerous villain. How does the hero defeat him?

3. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?

4. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?

5. Why doesn't the hero simply leave once Cavendish has been killed? What does he do instead?

6. How does the Mad Hatter explain "disorder"? What does he warn the hero about the asylum?

7. Why do colleagues offer specific praise to Amadeus when he opens his asylum?

8. Briefly discuss Amadeus' death.

9. How does Arkham use therapy as revenge? What is the public perception of the revenge?

10. How are the challenges facing the hero as he walks through the asylum parallel to Arkham's own challenges as simultaneously reflected in his journal?

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