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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. Why does Carmine think Batman ignored what Dent was doing?

2. Who kills the gunmaker?

3. What is the title of the final chapter?

4. What does Harvey do to calm down Grundy?

5. Who does Batman think is Holiday's next victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Gilda and Barbara say about their husbands in this section?

2. In what way does the Riddler have a lucky escape in this section?

3. How does the fear gas affect Bruce Wayne?

4. Why does Batman think Maroni is Holiday?

5. What do Batman and the Riddler talk about at the bar?

6. Why is Mother's Day especially important to Bruce Wayne?

7. How does Gordon find out who Holiday is?

8. What does Harvey tell his wife in this section?

9. How does Harvey explain himself to Gilda at the beginning of this section?

10. Why does the Riddler think Carla Viti could be the Holiday killer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why are the super villains such as Joker and Scarecrow seen as freaks of society? How has this label affected them as people? What does such an attitude say about our own society?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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