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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 a gas line explodes, who does Commissioner Gordon fear is trapped in an apartment building blaze?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Children.
(c) His wife, Sarah.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

2. The lawyers for the Mutants still in jail argue that the members should be released for what reason?
(a) They are rehabilitated.
(b) They are adults.
(c) They are sorry for their actions.
(d) They are minors.

3. When Robin flies in closer to get to Batman, what do the cops notice about Robin?
(a) Robin is a young girl.
(b) Robin is armed.
(c) Robin is a good pilot.
(d) Robin is angry.

4. Why does Clark Kent suddenly break off his conversation with Bruce?
(a) Clark Kent hears the cries of a lost mother.
(b) Clark Kent is angry at what Bruce tells him.
(c) Clark Kent hears Soviet planes flying out of range.
(d) Clark Kent is hungry.

5. What object explodes into the side of a building after the nuclear bombs go off?
(a) A car.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A balloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When riots break out all over Gotham, what else spreads and threatens to destroy the city?

2. In pursuit of Batman at the fair, what do the commissioner and the cops find instead?

3. What does the Joker hope to do to Batman when Batman enters the House of Mirrors?

4. The Soviets' nuclear weapons were directed at which location?

5. Alfred declares what about Bruce Wayne when Carrie asks about Bruce after their return from the county fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Batman feel that Jason, the last Robin, was a good solider and honored him?

2. How does The Joker attempt to have one last laugh at Batman's expense?

3. Why does the author interchange the scenes of Captain Yindl arriving on her first day as commissioner and Commission Gordon's and Carrie's beginning with Batman?

4. What are the results of the electromagnetic pulse on Gotham City and Batman?

5. Why does Alfred feel that Carrie is not a suitable choice to be Batman's partner?

6. Why does Superman find it important that the "...humans not be reminded that they walk amongst giants..."?

7. What does Superman mean when he refers to Bruce's "wild obsession"?

8. What is the significance of the boy with the radio and the priest who thought to treat him in a mean manner during the aftermath of the electromagnetic pulse?

9. Why does Batman think of Robin as a good soldier as she falls from the broken cable?

10. How is the last confrontation between The Joker and Batman in the House of Mirrors ironic?

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