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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. Where is a trial being held when Webb says his client has agreed to settle the cases and pay the claims?

2. In Chapter 22, what color fingernails does Percival have?

3. How much money do a couple who come to Jesse for help lose gambling?

4. In March 1961, how much time does Noll give Cleveland to shut down Foxy's?

5. How long does it take Jesse to finish law school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why in a brochure is Jesse portrayed as "soft on crime" (121), and why is Jesse not soft on crime?

2. Who is Percival?

3. At the end of Chapter 13, why does Keith think his friendship with Hugh is about to change or disappear?

4. In Chapter 8, why does Jesse meet with a retired circuit court judge and a minister?

5. Why and how does Jesse decide to go to law school?

6. How do Hugh and Jimmie rob jewelry stores?

7. What happens to Cindy, the girl Hugh has been seeing?

8. How does Hugh begin robbing jewelry stores?

9. Who was Aaron Malco?

10. How do Sissy and Jimmie die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Malco and Rudy families both came from Croatia originally. How are the two families similar and different? What is the significance of those similarities and differences?

Essay Topic 2

Lance pleads guilty. Does Jesse blackmail him into pleading guilty?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the writing more interesting?

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