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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 does the narrator say he has had stolen?

2. What is different about Mathers' neck?

3. What does Finnucane point the narrator towards?

4. What did MacCruiskeen decide to put in the box?

5. What is transferred to a human when he or she rides a bike?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is de Selby's opinion on houses?

2. What does Pluck tell the narrator about Fox?

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

4. How does Divney end up working on the farm?

5. How does the narrator describe the spear MacCruiskeen shows him?

6. How does the narrator perplex Sergeant Pluck?

7. What does Mathers tell the narrator about his own wind color?

8. How does Pluck respond to the narrator's claim someone has stolen his gold watch?

9. Why does the narrator have a wooden leg?

10. How does the narrator describe the police barracks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

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

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