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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. Who does Fox look like?

2. What does Divney say he used to kill the narrator?

3. What does the builder drop on his foot?

4. Where does Divney say he hid the bomb?

5. Who does the inspector think has murdered Mathers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the one legged men disguised themselves?

2. How does the narrator get a reprieve?

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

4. Why does the narrator think the police cannot hang him?

5. How does McCruiskeen plan to defeat the one-legged men?

6. How does the Codex relate to the situation the narrator finds himself in?

7. Describe the story Pluck tells about the man who went up in a balloon?

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

9. Summarize the novel.

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

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

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country in which the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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