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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 Tom decide to handle his humiliation at the meeting?

2. What political office is Wilson told to run for?

3. What does Roxana make Tom promise to do in a year's time after she helps him pay his debts?

4. Why does Wilson agree to represent the accused?

5. Where does the person with the plan to catch the thief think he will be caught?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tom rides to St. Louis to pay part of his gambling debt?

2. What is Wilson's plan to catch the thief?

3. What did Roxana threaten to do if Tom tried to send her back to the farm?

4. What does Tom say to embarrass David Wilson in front of the twins?

5. Why does Roxana want Tom to go to St. Louis?

6. How does Tom hide his appearance while robbing from his neighbors?

7. Why did Luigi once kill a man?

8. What does Tom do to make himself feel better after learning the truth about his birth?

9. Why does Roxana tell Tom that she is so sure that Judge Driscoll will not live much longer?

10. What does Roxana do to help her son pay his debts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and Greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations

Essay Topic 2

How does Wilson's enjoyment of fingerprints change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Responsibility and coming of age are two themes that are interwoven in many places of this plot. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to move the plot along?

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