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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 is the special day in Chapter Six?

2. Why does Gilda think she and Harvey will never have children?

3. What rumor does Harvey suggest the police spread about the Irish gang?

4. Who has Vernon discovered a connection between?

5. What happened when the lights went out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Joker want information about Holiday?

2. How does Alfred respond to Gordon and Harvey questions about Bruce Wayne?

3. What are the Joker's plans on New Year's?

4. Who is Calender Man?

5. How do the police contact Batman?

6. Who is Harvey Dent?

7. Why does Falcone kill Richard Daniel?

8. What does Mickey Sullivan tell his men in the prison cell?

9. How does Holiday destroy Sal's restaurant in this section?

10. What happened when the lights in the prison went out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the murders happening on specific calender dates in the year? Choose one of the murders and discuss what significance the day that character was killed has on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following characters and discuss their motives and the evidence that suggest they are the Holiday killer.

1. Harvey Dent.

2. Gilda Dent.

3. Alberto Falcone.

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Chief Gordon the moral center of the book? Why is it important for the story to have such a character? How would the meaning of the story change if Gordon was not one of the characters?

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