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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. What happens to you while you are in eternity?

2. Why does the narrator think they cannot hang him?

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

4. What does MacCruiskeen say he is going to paint his bicycle?

5. What is attempting to escape from the holding cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does de Selby say about heaven?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Divney react to seeing the narrator?

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

8. What does de Selby believe about the shape of the world?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick two characters from the book and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motives? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1940s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Why does O'Brien use so few settings? How does O'Brien create a world away from the few settings he uses? What colors and objects does O'Brien use and what meaning does it give to the setting?

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