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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is de Selby's idea of heaven bound up with?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

2. Why does the narrator form such a deep attachment to Pluck's bike?
(a) It reminds him of home.
(b) He falls in love with the color.
(c) He likes its wheels.
(d) He thinks it is a woman.

3. Which of de Selby's books does the narrator talk about in this chapter?
(a) Yearbook.
(b) Gift of Time.
(c) TV Watching.
(d) Codex.

4. What do people become like when they change into bicycles?
(a) Humorless and sleepy.
(b) Stiff and rigid.
(c) Quiet and squeaky.
(d) Shiny and energetic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who runs the narrator's farm?

2. Who does Divney suggest he and narrator rob and murder?

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

4. Why does Divney refuse to tell the narrator where he has hidden the money?

5. Why is Pluck reluctant to put the narrator in a cell?

(see the answer key)

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