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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Pluck describe as lecherous?
(a) MacCruiskeen.
(b) Fox.
(c) Gilhaney.
(d) Mathers.

2. What does the narrator use to attack Mathers?
(a) His feet.
(b) An iron pump.
(c) His fists.
(d) A spade.

3. Who does Pluck say Gilhaney tricked into riding his bicycle?
(a) A children's nany.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A school girl.
(d) A headmistress.

4. Who does the inspector think has murdered Mathers?
(a) Finnucane.
(b) Fox.
(c) Pluck.
(d) The narrator.

5. Why does MacCruiskeen run light through his mangle?
(a) To see what happens.
(b) To make sparks.
(c) To lengthen the waves of energy.
(d) To increase its durability.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the policeman does Mathers say has been missing for twenty-five years?

2. What information does Mathers ask from the narrator?

3. Who does Pluck blame everything on?

4. What does the narrator say mocks him as he makes up names for himself?

5. Who is the only person who can hear the piano's music?

(see the answer key)

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