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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 is the name of the bodyguard who misses his initiation because of Fredo?

2. Who does Tom spot coming out of the convention that he would have preferred to avoid?

3. According to what Kathy tells Francesca, who is responsible for killing their father?

4. Which one of the following people does NOT know that Nick is really Gerald O'Malley?

5. Where do Kay and Michael decide to spend the rest of their vacation after their original plans are ruined?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Johnny examines the item that was given to him to hand carry to Michael, what does he discover?

2. Why are pigs present in Doomtown?

3. Why does Michael feel that he has to engineer the plane crash off of Rattlesnake Island?

4. Why is Russo threatened by Michael's desire to move his headquarters from New York to Las Vegas?

5. Why does Nick decide to join the Corleone organization?

6. Why does Michael choose Pete Clemenza as his consigliere for the Commission meeting?

7. Why does Johnny leave Los Angeles instead of continuing to work with Cy Milner as he wants to do?

8. At the meeting on Rattlesnake Island, Nick plays up his image of a dumb tough guy. Why?

9. When the police officer shows up to rescue Fredo from the customs officials, Fredo asks the officer to turn down the radio. Why does that request prove to be unfortunate for Fredo?

10. What is the purpose of Doomtown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Fredo and Louie seek to do Michael harm. Compare and contrast these two characters. Be sure to discuss their motivations, character qualities, personal history with Michael, and tools at their disposal. Which of these two characters causes greater harm and/or heartache for Michael? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Francesca and Kathy have been raised in the same environment and denied the same knowledge about their family's history during the formative years of their lives. While they grow into different women, the twins have a special relationship that ebbs and flows as the plot moves forward.

a. Compare and contrast the twins in terms of their attitudes and relationships.

b. Discuss how the twins' relationship was tested at the following times: when they left for college, when Francesca began seeing Billy, and when Francesca killed Billy.

c. Why might Winegardner have chosen to have these characters be twins, and not just sisters? What point is he trying to get across? Is he successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

While each Don runs his own territory and family business, all of the Dons belong to the Commission.

a. Discuss the role of the Commission in the day-to-day operations of the Corleone family business.

b. Does the Commission evolve as the story moves on?

c. How do the relationships of the Dons change as the Commission changes?

d. Is the Commission an important or an outdated institution? Be sure to explain your reasoning and support your answer with examples from the story.

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