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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 is de Selby's idea of heaven bound up with?

2. Where does Pluck find a note from Fox?

3. What does the builder drop on his foot?

4. Who is the next person to come into the police barracks?

5. How have the wooden-legged men disguised themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator see when he arrives back at his house?

2. Describe the story Pluck tells about the man who went up in a balloon?

3. How did de Selby once confuse a boy about the boy's problems?

4. How does the narrator arrive back at the beginning of the story?

5. Why does Pluck think all modes of transport are dangerous?

6. What does the narrator see outside of Mathers' house?

7. How does the narrator get the builder to help him?

8. What does de Selby believe about the shape of the world?

9. Where does Pluck take the narrator in this chapter?

10. How did MacCruiskeen drive two men mad?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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