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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. How does Teach plan to get into the coin collector's house?
2. Who says he's angry, then hurt about bringing Fletcher on board for the break in job?
3. Who says, action counts," in Act I?
4. What is the setting of Act I?
5. What did Grace say when Teach takes food from her plate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Don show about his business sense when Teach is quizzing him on the penny's value?
2. Why does Bob complain about Don's suggestion that they look up the value of his nickel in the coin book?
3. What is the importance of time in Act II?
4. What do Bob and Don argue about in the opening scene of Act II?
5. Why is Ruthie's phone call to Don important in diffusing the tense situation between Teach and Bob?
6. What does Don try to teach Bob at the beginning of the play?
7. How does Don seem reluctant to tell Teach about the planned break in to steal from the coin collector?
8. How is the relationship between Ruthie and Grace described?
9. Why does Don say that he wants Fletcher on the team?
10. What is the biggest problem that Don seems to be facing in the planning of the robbery?
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
Describe Fletcher's role in the play. Do you think his role is meant to create conflict? Why or why not?
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