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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 hero reveal about his plan to go to the asylum?
(a) He says he will trick them into admitting him.
(b) He says he will attack from the roof.
(c) He says he is going in.
(d) He says he will sky dive into the building.

2. Who has nightmares when Amadeus and his family move into the old house?
(a) Myrtle.
(b) Connie.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Amadeus.

3. What is the name of Martin Hawkins' villain?
(a) Mad Dog.
(b) Two Face.
(c) The Croc.
(d) Mad Hatter.

4. What two words make the administrator conform to the enemy's wishes?
(a) "Don't forget."
(b) "I'm telling."
(c) "Sit down."
(d) "Guilty secret."

5. Which young boy's mother is ill, as the reader learns in a flashback?
(a) Burt Ward.
(b) Batman.
(c) Bruce Wayne.
(d) Amadeus Arkham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kisses Cavendish in the asylum?

2. The story is introduced with a quote from which story that is a long-time children's favorite?

3. What kind of test does the hero take in the asylum?

4. Who speaks to the story's hero on the phone, demanding to speak to the hero in person?

5. What was Martin Hawkins' crime/crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the dual personality of Harvey Dent.

2. Explain the therapy being used to help cure Harvey Dent.

3. Why does the hero initially say he will not go to the asylum?

4. Discuss the mental illness of Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins.

5. Briefly discuss what the bat skeleton symbolizes in the opening pages.

6. How does Arkham see his drive to turn the family house into an asylum?

7. Why does Arkham want to create an asylum from his old house?

8. What observations does the hero state about the asylum and one of its patients?

9. How does the display of art in the opening of this graphic novel engage the reader?

10. What is the importance of Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins to this novel?

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