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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. Why is Pluck reluctant to put the narrator in a cell?
(a) He wants the cell free for someone else.
(b) He keeps his bicycle there.
(c) He does not like to coop people up.
(d) He wants to sleep in the cell himself.

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

3. Who does Fox say is on the way to save the narrator?
(a) Five death builders.
(b) Eight blind maids.
(c) Six spineless frogs.
(d) Seven one-legged men.

4. What does Pluck compare the slow leak in his clothes to?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A petrol tanker.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A bicycle tire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the narrator when his soul leaves him?

2. How does Pluck say they will punish the narrator?

3. Who does Pluck say slept in the bed next to the narrator?

4. What does MacCruiskeen say is the stuff of everything?

5. What is Divney doing when the narrator enters his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Pluck take the narrator in this chapter?

2. How does the narrator get the builder to help him?

3. How did MacCruiskeen drive two men mad?

4. What does the narrator dream about at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What does Fox tell the narrator about the money box?

6. Why does the narrator fall in love with the bicycle in this chapter?

7. How have the one legged men disguised themselves?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. What does the narrator see when he arrives back at his house?

10. How does the narrator describe the map Pluck shows him?

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