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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 Divney say he used to kill the narrator?

2. Which of de Selby's books does the narrator talk about in this chapter?

3. What does MacCruiskeen say is happening at eternity?

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

5. Who does the narrator send the builder to talk to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does McCruiskeen plan to defeat the one-legged men?

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

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

4. How does the narrator get a reprieve?

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

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

7. What does de Selby say about heaven?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does O'Brien end the play with the narrator waiting for Divney? Could have ended the novel another way? What meaning would that new ending have given the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the 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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