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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. Why does the ill mother refuse her meal?
(a) She is not hungry.
(b) She wanted pizza.
(c) She doesn't like meatloaf.
(d) She has already eaten.

2. Who is the asylum's director?
(a) Robin James.
(b) Ruth Adams.
(c) Charles Cavendish.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

3. Who says they smell excrement on the floor of the asylum?
(a) Cavendish.
(b) Ruth.
(c) The Joker.
(d) Batman.

4. What does the matter in the ill woman's mouth symbolize?
(a) Anger.
(b) Recycling.
(c) Moon.
(d) Rebirth.

5. Why does Amadeus move his family back to his childhood home?
(a) To pay it off.
(b) To save money.
(c) Because his wife is insane.
(d) To turn it into an asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martin Hawkins' crime/crimes?

2. When the story begins, who has taken over Arkham Asylum?

3. What is above a pile of mannequins in the asylum?

4. What gift does Amadeus give his daughter after he returns from Europe?

5. Who is the psychotherapist at the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the mentality of the Joker and his opening joke while on the phone with the hero.

2. Why does the Joker imply an illicit sexual relationship with the hero's sidekick? What exactly does he imply?

3. What role does the setting of this novel have on its theme?

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

5. Why does the hero cut himself as he runs through the mirrored halls of the asylum?

6. What does the slap on the hero's rear indicate when he enters into the asylum? Who slaps him?

7. What does the sound of Harriet's clock symbolize when Arkham walks in and finds his wife and daughter dead?

8. What is the importance of the Cheshire Cat in the opening of this novel?

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

10. What do Jung and Crowley symbolize and how do they become part of the story?

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