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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else other than water did de Selby's experiments require?
(a) Loud hammering.
(b) Lots of shouting.
(c) Screaming girls.
(d) Screaming babies.

2. What does the narrator work up the courage to ask about?
(a) The invisible spear.
(b) Bicycle atoms.
(c) The patent colors.
(d) The money box.

3. What will Pluck and his men wear to protect them from MacCruiskeen's bike?
(a) Theater masks.
(b) Earplugs.
(c) Gasmasks.
(d) Blindfolds.

4. What did the neighbors form to force the man to tell them where he had been?
(a) A Spanish Inquisition.
(b) A vigilante group.
(c) A small army.
(d) A Christian group.

5. What does the narrator say someone stole from him?
(a) A bicycle lamp.
(b) A bicycle pump.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A bicycle lock.

6. What does MacCruiskeen say he is going to paint his bicycle?
(a) The color his mother painted his room.
(b) The color that drove Fox mad.
(c) The color of the devil.
(d) The color of eternity.

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

8. What does MacCrusikeen do until dark?
(a) Recites poetry.
(b) Tells jokes.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Plays his instrument

9. What is the builder's leg made from?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Stone.

10. What does Pluck compare the slow leak in his clothes to?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A petrol tanker.
(c) A bicycle tire.
(d) A balloon.

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

12. When is the narrator scheduled to be hanged?
(a) The morning.
(b) The beginning of the next month.
(c) The afternoon.
(d) The beginning of the next week.

13. Where does Pluck find a note from Fox?
(a) In his shirt pocket.
(b) In his book.
(c) At the breakfast table.
(d) Behind his ear.

14. What does MacCruiskeen lose when Gilhaney sends him flying?
(a) His wedding ring.
(b) His invisible chest.
(c) His police report.
(d) His invisible box.

15. What does the narrator eventually arrive back to?
(a) The beginning of the story.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His house,
(d) The local church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about Divney?

2. What does Pluck say happened to the man who went up in a balloon?

3. Who does O'Corky announce has been murdered?

4. What is attempting to escape from the holding cell?

5. What does MacCruiskeen think he can control if he can understand the screams?

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