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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pluck say they will punish the narrator?
(a) Gas him.
(b) Gullotine him.
(c) Hang him.
(d) Electrocute him.

2. Who is Divney standing next to?
(a) Mathers.
(b) A young girl.
(c) A goat.
(d) A young boy.

3. What do MacCruiskeen and Pluck confer over?
(a) Reports.
(b) Figures.
(c) Telephone numbers.
(d) Pictures.

4. Who does the narrator send the builder to talk to?
(a) Finnucane.
(b) Dilaney.
(c) Joe.
(d) Fox.

5. What is de Selby's idea of heaven bound up with?
(a) Men.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Women.

6. What happens to the narrator when his soul leaves him?
(a) He dies.
(b) He has a panic attack.
(c) He turns to God.
(d) He turns evil.

7. What does the narrator work up the courage to ask about?
(a) The invisible spear.
(b) The money box.
(c) The patent colors.
(d) Bicycle atoms.

8. What does MacCruiskeen think he can control if he can understand the screams?
(a) Omnium.
(b) Atoms.
(c) De Selby.
(d) Bicycles.

9. What does the narrator say someone stole from him?
(a) A bicycle lock.
(b) A bicycle pump.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A bicycle lamp.

10. What does MacCruiskeen run through his mangle?
(a) Light.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Tea.

11. Who does the narrator say goodbye to in this chapter?
(a) His brain.
(b) His parents.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His soul.

12. Which of de Selby's books does the narrator talk about in this chapter?
(a) TV Watching.
(b) Gift of Time.
(c) Codex.
(d) Yearbook.

13. Where do Pluck and MacCruiskeen sleep?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Heaven.
(c) A cafe.
(d) Eternity.

14. Who does the narrator see through the window of his house?
(a) Diviney.
(b) Pegeen Meers.
(c) Pluck.
(d) Fox.

15. Why does the narrator form such a deep attachment to Pluck's bike?
(a) He falls in love with the color.
(b) He thinks it is a woman.
(c) It reminds him of home.
(d) He likes its wheels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the narrator's dream takes offense at him?

2. What has MacCruiskeen left at the police barracks?

3. What is MacCruiskeen working on when Gilvaney enters the office?

4. What was the last thing the authorities hanged?

5. What does Fox say he used the omnium for?

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