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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 statue was at the base of the MGM Grand?

2. What Indian casino did Martinez wish to try in October of 1996?

3. How many trips did Lewis tell his tax lawyer he had made to Vegas in the last year?

4. When the author and Lewis met in Chapter 32, how long had it been since the robbery?

5. How much money had Martinez won in his first hours playing on President's Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Martinez want to gamble at the Mohegan Sun?

2. Why did Jill and Dylan argue the night that Lewis had been kicked out of New York, New York?

3. How did the blackjack team operate after splitting from Rosa?

4. What had Fisher heard about Southern casinos?

5. How did Lewis learn that the Grand Victoria Casino used Plymouth Associates?

6. After leaving Rosa's team, what incident marred an almost perfect record of highly profitable play?

7. Why did Martinez leave MIT?

8. Why did Tay decide to join Lewis's new team?

9. On President's Day 1998, how was Jill disguised?

10. What was the problem when the Lewis and his group were gambling in Chicago on the riverboat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the reasons why Lewis broke up with Felicia.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether the blackjack team should have left Rosa's management using examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the methods that casinos used to prevent card counting and cheaters.

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