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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 builder drop on his foot?
(a) A brick.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A knife.
(d) A dart.

2. When is the narrator scheduled to be hanged?
(a) The beginning of the next week.
(b) The afternoon.
(c) The beginning of the next month.
(d) The morning.

3. What does Divney say he used to kill the narrator?
(a) A brick.
(b) A knife.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A gun.

4. Who does the inspector think has murdered Mathers?
(a) Fox.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Finnucane.
(d) Pluck.

5. What does MacCruiskeen lose when Gilhaney sends him flying?
(a) His invisible box.
(b) His wedding ring.
(c) His police report.
(d) His invisible chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say someone stole from him?

2. What is the builder's leg made from?

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

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

5. Why does the narrator form such a deep attachment to Pluck's bike?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the one legged men disguised themselves?

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

3. Why do the policeman consent to show the narrator what their figures mean?

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

5. What does the narrator see outside of Mathers' house?

6. How does the narrator get a reprieve?

7. How does the narrator arrive back at the beginning of the story?

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

9. Why is de Selby's Codex impossible to decipher?

10. Summarize the novel.

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