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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 word does Mathers use to answer each of the narrator's questions?

2. What kind of miniature instrument does MacCruiskeen own?

3. What member of his family does Pluck say turned into a horse?

4. What does the narrator think the policemen can help him find?

5. What does MacCruiskeen show the narrator after the spear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pluck tell the narrator about Fox?

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

3. Why does the narrator have a wooden leg?

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

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

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

7. What does Mathers tell the narrator about wind?

8. What does de Selby say about mirrors?

9. Why does Pluck think Gilaney is lecherous?

10. Why is MacCruiskeen's piano special?

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

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country in which the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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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