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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What man other than Fox was driven mad by MacCruiskeen's cards?
(a) james O'Connor.
(b) Andy Gara.
(c) Michael Dilaney.
(d) Bill Mathers.

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

4. 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.

5. Who in the narrator's dream takes offense at him?
(a) His bicycle.
(b) His soul.
(c) His brain.
(d) His mother.

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

7. What does Fox say he used the omnium for?
(a) To fix his shoes.
(b) To wallpaper his police station.
(c) To fix a door.
(d) To stick up posters.

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

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

10. Where do Pluck and MacCruiskeen sleep?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Eternity.
(c) A cafe.
(d) Heaven.

11. Who does O'Corky announce has been murdered?
(a) Fox.
(b) Franklin.
(c) De Selby.
(d) Mathers.

12. Whose house does the narrator stop to look at?
(a) Fox's.
(b) MacCruiskeen's.
(c) Mathers'.
(d) Pluck's.

13. What did de Selby undergo many lawsuits to obtain?
(a) Men.
(b) Water.
(c) Women.
(d) Fire.

14. What happens to the narrator when his soul leaves him?
(a) He turns to God.
(b) He turns evil.
(c) He has a panic attack.
(d) He dies.

15. What is different about Meers?
(a) She has a wedding ring.
(b) She is a young girl.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is an old lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think they cannot hang him?

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

3. Who does Pluck say slept in the bed next to the narrator?

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

5. What does the narrator eventually arrive back to?

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