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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of houses does de Selby think people should own?

2. Who does Mathers say saw his birth color?

3. What did the boy first consider when de Selby confused him with insolvable problems?

4. Who does Pluck say stole Gilhaney's bike?

5. What is the name of the second policeman who enters the office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Pluck find the bicycle and all its parts?

2. What does Mathers tells the narrator about the policeman at the police barracks?

3. What changes as the narrator walks down the road?

4. What does Pluck assume about the narrator because he has no name?

5. How do Divney and the narrator murder Mathers?

6. How does the narrator become obsessed with the philosopher, de Selby?

7. How does the narrator describe the police barracks?

8. Why does Divney suggest they murder Mathers?

9. What does the stranger reveal about himself?

10. Why does the narrator think it is not a good idea to say no to everything?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the novel's premise? Why are premises are so important to a story?

Essay Topic 2

Replace the book's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Mexico.

2. USA.

3. Britain.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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