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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 Johnny given to hand-carry to Michael in Las Vegas?

2. Who do the two men who pick up Johnny to take him to the airport work for?

3. What is the nickname of Russo?

4. After the doctor leaves Nick's bedside, who enters the room to tell Nick where he is and question him about the doomed flight?

5. Where do Kay and Michael decide to spend the rest of their vacation after their original plans are ruined?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Doomtown?

2. How is Francesca changed after she and Billy spend the afternoon in the hotel room on their trip from college for the Christmas holidays?

3. Why do the rest of the Mafia families consider Chicago to be the "black sheep" of the Mafia?

4. As she begins her college life, why does Francesca come to regret not joining a sorority?

5. Explain why Kay barely knows how to speak to her husband of five years.

6. Why does Michael feel that he has to engineer the plane crash off of Rattlesnake Island?

7. Why does Michael choose Pete Clemenza as his consigliere for the Commission meeting?

8. Why does Nick decide to join the Corleone organization?

9. Why is Russo threatened by Michael's desire to move his headquarters from New York to Las Vegas?

10. Why does Russo orchestrate the suicide-homicide hit that is supposed to ensnare Fredo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the course of the novel, Michael's relationship with two quite different women is chronicled. Compare and contrast the relationship Michael has with Kay to the relationship Michael had with Apollonia. Then, compare and contrast these two women. How do these two relationships influence not only Michael, but also the other men in the Corleone family business?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses several different literary techniques as the story is told in regard to the story's flow. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might the author have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Is the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Michael Corleone and Joe Lucadello work together during two different periods in their lives. Describe the circumstances surrounding each of these periods in which the men work together. Then, examine how the first circumstances and the relationships the men developed early in their lives impacted the circumstances surrounding their second meeting.

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