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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 different about Meers?

2. Who is Divney standing next to?

3. Where does Divney say he hid the bomb?

4. Who does Pluck say slept in the bed next to the narrator?

5. What does the narrator eventually arrive back to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the novel.

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

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

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

5. How did MacCruiskeen drive two men mad?

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

7. How have the one legged men disguised themselves?

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

9. How does Divney react to seeing the narrator?

10. Why do the policeman consent to show the narrator what their figures mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the construction of O'Brien's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in O'Brien's argument?

Essay Topic 3

What are the main turning points of the book? How does O'Brien develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

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