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

2. When the coin collector visited Don's shop, he was:

3. What time of day is it in the first scene of the play?

4. What does Don eat for breakfast?

5. Who is Don speaking with at the beginning of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What new information about Fletcher comes out when Teach and Don argue about how to crack the combination of the safe?

5. Why does Teach object to Don eating yogurt for breakfast?

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

7. How does Don feel about Teach bringing a gun to the robbery, and what does Teach say about it?

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

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

10. What reason is Bob supposed to give the hospital for how he got hurt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What causes Teach to destroy Don's shop? What does this scene suggest about Teach's emotional reaction to events not going his way? In what other scenes does he react emotionally when Don makes decisions about the robbery?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of setting in the novel. How does Don's Resale Shop create a useful backdrop for the characters and their schemes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Teach's watch as a symbol of his lack of dependability. Why does he say he lost it and then later that he hocked it?

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