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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 Fox say he used the omnium for?

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

3. What does the narrator do when Divney says he killed him?

4. Where do Pluck and MacCruiskeen sleep?

5. What was the last thing the authorities hanged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How have the one legged men disguised themselves?

6. Why does the narrator think the police cannot hang him?

7. What does the narrator dream about at the beginning of the chapter?

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

9. What does Fox tell the narrator about the money box?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

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?

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