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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 does Teach ask Don if he wants to play before leaving the shop?
2. When Don and Bob are talking about advance money in Act I, what does Teach ask to see at the shop?
3. How much does Don think the coin collector would have paid for the buffalo nickel if he had negotiated harder?
4. What is the one thing Teach wants to make clear to Don before he leaves the shop in the morning?
5. In reference to the coin book, who says, "this is what I'm saying ... you got to know what you're talking about"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of time in Act II?
2. What does Don want to steal from the coin collector?
3. Why is the setting important in Act I?
4. What kind of mood is Teach in when he first enters the junk shop?
5. What is the relationship between Don and Bob?
6. Describe Teach's behavior after he hits Bob.
7. Why does Teach hit Bob?
8. What does Bob reveal about why he bought the nickel after he has been hit?
9. How do Teach and Don use money to get Bob to leave the store at night?
10. In what way does Teach tell Don conflicting information in Act II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the buffalo nickel in this play? How does the nickel, which sells for quite a profit in the beginning of the play, become the impetus for Don's plan to rob his customer? What motivates Don to plan the robbery?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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