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

2. When Bob gets his money from Don and leaves the shop in Act I, who says, "it's best for everybody"?
(a) Fletcher.
(b) Teach.
(c) Bob.
(d) Don.

3. In reference to the coin book, who says, "this is what I'm saying ... you got to know what you're talking about"?
(a) Bob.
(b) Earl.
(c) Teach.
(d) Fletcher.

4. How much does Don sell a buffalo nickel for?
(a) Thirty-five dollars.
(b) Ninety dollars.
(c) Nineteen dollars.
(d) Sixty dollars.

5. In Act I, what two things does Teach tell Don should be kept separated?
(a) Shopping and dating.
(b) Eating and drinking.
(c) Love and courtship.
(d) Friendship and money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Don's last name?

3. What does Bob say about Ruthie when he first mentions her?

4. Why does Teach tell Don that he needs to go first class with the break in?

5. Why does Don assume the coin collector is going away for the weekend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the final thing that Don has to forgive Bob for?

2. What does Teach tell Don and Bob about the way Ruthie treated him at The Riverside?

3. How does Don seem to be handling the plan for the robbery?

4. How did Don receive ninety dollars for the buffalo nickel?

5. What is the biggest problem that Don seems to be facing in the planning of the robbery?

6. Why does Teach hit Bob?

7. How does Don use food to console Teach at the beginning of Act I?

8. What does Bob reveal about why he bought the nickel after he has been hit?

9. Why does Bob complain about Don's suggestion that they look up the value of his nickel in the coin book?

10. What does Don want to steal from the coin collector?

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