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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 type of car did the team rent when they went to Louisiana?

2. How many cameras might a casino have to monitor patrons?

3. Where did the blackjack team meet to discuss the problem with new chips being issued at the MGM Grand?

4. On President's Day 1998, what color suit was Martinez wearing?

5. By Chapter 28, how many of the last New Year's Eves had Lewis spent gambling in Vegas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rosa's home like?

2. What did Rosa say was the most important decision that a card counter ever had to make?

3. Why, when Rosa was in charge of the blackjack team, had they avoided Indian casinos?

4. What was Jake Eldridge's background?

5. Why did Lewis think someone had been in his apartment the same night that money was stolen from Dylan's apartment?

6. Because of the Mohegan Sun comp program, what was Lewis able to get for his apartment?

7. Why did Martinez leave MIT?

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

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

10. What happened to Martinez Labor Day weekend 1997?

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

Discuss Jill's objections to joining the blackjack team and why she finally decided to join.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, explain the meaning of the title of the book, "21: Bringing Down the House," and whether the MIT blackjack team brought down the house.

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