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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. Who does Mathers say is in control of birth colors?

2. What does Mathers say it means if a person has a light color?

3. What information does Mathers ask from the narrator?

4. According to Pluck what does a bicycle rider eventually become?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does de Selby say about roads?

2. What does the narrator do as he walks down the road?

3. How does Divney change the atmosphere at the pub?

4. How does the stranger say he can help the narrator?

5. What does de Selby say about movement?

6. What does Mathers say to the narrator?

7. What does the stranger reveal about himself?

8. What does Pluck say about his atom theory?

9. How do people change into bicycles and bicycles change into people?

10. What does de Selby say about mirrors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1940s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the book and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motives? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

What is Mathers' role in the novel? How would think the novel would change if Mathers did not reappear after his death?

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