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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 do Pluck and MacCruiskeen sleep?

2. Where does Divney say he hid the bomb?

3. Whose house does the narrator stop to look at?

4. Why does MacCruiskeen run light through his mangle?

5. What does Plunk say too much starch in his clothes gave him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does de Selby say about heaven?

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

6. How did MacCruiskeen drive two men mad?

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

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

9. Why does Pluck think all modes of transport are dangerous?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are the main turning points of the book? How does O'Brien develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

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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