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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. What does Pluck show the narrator?
(a) His sore feet.
(b) His flat bicycle tire.
(c) A map of the area.
(d) Pictures of his children.

2. What does MacCruiskeen say is happening at eternity?
(a) An acting class.
(b) A poetry recitation.
(c) Construction work.
(d) A dangerous reading.

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

4. Who does the narrator say goodbye to in this chapter?
(a) His parents.
(b) His brain.
(c) His soul.
(d) His best friend.

5. What does the narrator do when Divney says he killed him?
(a) Kills Divney's boy.
(b) Spits at Divney.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Kills Divney.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does MacCruiskeen run through his mangle?

4. Where does the narrator ride to at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What is the builder's leg made from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does de Selby believe about the shape of the world?

3. How does the Codex relate to the situation the narrator finds himself in?

4. What does de Selby say about heaven?

5. Why do the policeman consent to show the narrator what their figures mean?

6. How does the narrator get the builder to help him?

7. How did MacCruiskeen drive two men mad?

8. Where does Pluck take the narrator in this chapter?

9. How does the narrator arrive back at the beginning of the story?

10. How does the narrator describe the map Pluck shows him?

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