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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act I?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Cafe.
(c) Don's Resale Shop.
(d) Gas station.

2. What does Teach want Don to teach him about coins?
(a) He's starting his own shop.
(b) What to take, what not to take.
(c) He has a valuable coin.
(d) He loves coins and wants to be an expert.

3. What is Don's first guess about the value of the 1929 penny that Teach quizzes him on?
(a) Two cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty-six dollars.

4. How does Teach describe the division of labor between him, Don, and Fletcher?
(a) Equal partners.
(b) Security. Muscle. Intelligence.
(c) Teach is better than the others.
(d) Don is stronger than the others.

5. Why does Teach mention a broken toaster when he talks about the break in?
(a) He needs one.
(b) He likes toast.
(c) He thinks Bob might steal the wrong things.
(d) As an example of what he might steal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Teach he doesn't know what the date was on the buffalo nickel that he sold?

2. Why does Teach think Bob can't handle the break in by himself?

3. How does Teach plan to get into the coin collector's house?

4. In Act I, how does Don define what business is?

5. Who says he's angry, then hurt about bringing Fletcher on board for the break in job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Bob want to go to the hospital to have his ear checked?

2. How does Don seem reluctant to tell Teach about the planned break in to steal from the coin collector?

3. What collectibles do Don and Teach talk about while they're waiting for Bob to return with breakfast?

4. Why does Don ask Fletcher if he's had a chance to take a nap when Teach is talking about free enterprise?

5. What do Bob and Don argue about in the opening scene of Act II?

6. Why does Teach hit Bob?

7. How does Bob try to make peace between Don and Teach when they begin to argue in Act II?

8. How does Don show his concern for Bob's welfare in the beginning of Act I?

9. How does Don seem to get angry with Bob over the news about Fletcher?

10. Why does Teach object to sending Bob to break in to the coin collector's house?

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