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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Divney claim he hid the money?

2. What does Pluck say human are made from?

3. Who does Pluck assume is the narrator's father?

4. What name does the narrator give his soul?

5. Where does Pluck find Gilhaney's bicycle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mathers tell the narrator about his own wind color?

2. How do people change into bicycles and bicycles change into people?

3. Why does the narrator think it is not a good idea to say no to everything?

4. How does the narrator become obsessed with the philosopher, de Selby?

5. Why is MacCruiskeen's piano special?

6. What is de Selby's opinion on houses?

7. What does de Selby say about roads?

8. What does Pluck tell the narrator about Fox?

9. What does Pluck say bicycles do during bad weather?

10. Why does Divney suggest they murder Mathers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Replace the book's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Mexico.

2. USA.

3. Britain.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 2

What does Pluck's obsession with bicycles say about his character? How does Pluck obsession with bicycles relate to the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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