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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. After Batman's return to crime fighting, who makes the decision to relight the Batman call signal?
(a) Robin.
(b) Superman.
(c) Commissioner Gordon.
(d) Yindel.

2. Who do the people of Gotham City believe died in the incident at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Selina Kyle.
(b) Clark Kent.
(c) Bruce Wayne.
(d) Commissioner Gordon.

3. It's summer in Gotham City, and what is wrong with the weather?
(a) It's unseasonably hot.
(b) It's raining a lot.
(c) There are floods.
(d) It is snowing.

4. Who dies when the helicopter explodes?
(a) One helicopter pilot.
(b) The Mutants' leader.
(c) The Joker.
(d) Four criminals.

5. According to the news account, who did the two abducted children say saved them?
(a) The Joker.
(b) Dracula.
(c) Robin.
(d) Gotham City Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfred tell Bruce Wayne he has a recipe for?

2. What do the Gotham City Police believe will happen when Commissioner Gordon leaves?

3. Who saves Carrie and her friend Michelle from being attacked?

4. Who saves the kidnapped heir to a wealthy family?

5. Who stalks Commissioner Gordon when he walks outside to smoke a cigar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the storm breaking over Gotham City after weeks of intense heat?

2. What is the symbolic significance of the split panels for the illustrations in the scene before Harvey Dent's new face is revealed?

3. How is the demon metaphor for Batman further promoted during Bruce Wayne's sleepwalking and flashback scene?

4. How is the media's report on Batman's return representative of the theme of duality in the novel?

5. When Batman confronts Harvey Dent, what does he mean when he thinks "...the scars go deep--too deep"?

6. How does Batman's nostalgia about Robin serve as foreshadowing for his battle with the Mutants' leader?

7. What is the importance of mentioning the new commissioner search in the same segment as the search for the missing child?

8. In what ways is the protagonist, Bruce Wayne, conflicted at the beginning of "The Dark Knight Returns"?

9. What is the significance of Bruce Wayne's sleepwalking flashback to the bat cave?

10. During his initial attack on the Mutants, Batman thinks of Dick Grayson and that they had never faced anything like the Mutants' leader, only humans. Why is the significance of Batman thinking of Dick Grayson at this time?

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