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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 do the doctors replace the narrator's leg with?

2. What does Pluck say human are made from?

3. What society does Finnucane say he is head of?

4. What does de Selby believe is a hallucination?

5. What is the inspector's name at the police barracks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator have a wooden leg?

2. How does the narrator perplex Sergeant Pluck?

3. What does de Selby say about movement?

4. What does Pluck say bicycles do during bad weather?

5. Why is MacCruiskeen's piano special?

6. How does the narrator describe the boxes MacCruiskeen shows him?

7. Why does Divney suggest they murder Mathers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why does O'Brien use so few settings? How does O'Brien create a world away from the few settings he uses? What colors and objects does O'Brien use and what meaning does it give to the setting?

Essay Topic 3

What problems does the narrator's generation face? How are the problems for the narrator's generation different from the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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