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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. Who does Mickey say his gang members must not implicate in their confessions?

2. What does Batman warn Catwoman to stop doing?

3. Where is Carmine holding her New Year's Eve Party?

4. What does Mickey tell his gang members they must tell the police?

5. Who does Wayne dance with at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Batman's relationship with Solomon Grundy?

2. What do Sofia and Carla talk about in this section?

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

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

5. What problems does Harvey Dent have in this section?

6. How is the Joker introduced into the story?

7. Who is Alfred?

8. What clues does the murderer leave at the scene of Johnny Vito's death?

9. Why does the Joker want information about Holiday?

10. Who is Harvey Dent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Gotham City different from other American cities? How does Loeb make his fantasy world believable?

Essay Topic 2

How has the death of Bruce Wayne's parents affected his life? In what way could his dual personality be connected to the death of his parents?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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