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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. How have the wooden-legged men disguised themselves?

2. Why is Pluck reluctant to put the narrator in a cell?

3. What does the narrator say someone stole from him?

4. Why does the narrator form such a deep attachment to Pluck's bike?

5. Where does the road past the police station lead to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Divney react to seeing the narrator?

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

3. How does the narrator describe the map Pluck shows him?

4. How does the Codex relate to the situation the narrator finds himself in?

5. Summarize the novel.

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

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

8. Why is de Selby's Codex impossible to decipher?

9. How does the narrator get a reprieve?

10. Why does the narrator fall in love with the bicycle in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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