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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. According to the men who pick up Johnny to take him to the airport, who will not be able to attend Michael's party in Las Vegas?

2. Why does Fredo miss the breakfast that he and Michael has scheduled while they were talking at Francesca and Billy's wedding?

3. According to Michael's confession on the plane to Kay, how is Michael's first wife killed?

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

5. Who orchestrates the supposed murder-suicide in which Fredo is supposed to be killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tom believe is true about legitimate businessmen and why does he believe what he does?

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

4. Why is Russo blamed for engineering the plane crash off of Rattlesnake Island?

5. According to Fredo's questioning of Michael at Francesca and Billy's wedding, why is the Lake Tahoe house burned down?

6. Why does the Mafia wonder if the FAA's ruling that the crash was an accident is correct?

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

8. Why do the rest of the Mafia families consider Chicago to be the "black sheep" of the Mafia?

9. What advice does Tom give to Fredo after Fredo shoots up his wife's car and accidentally kills a small dog?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Nick wears different masks in the story. Both a great competent and loyal Corleone employee and the ultimate betrayer of Michael, Nick is a study in contradictions. Identify, then compare and contrast the different sides of Nick. How would his plan for betraying Michael have been affected had he not been thought of as the loyal employee identity? Why is it necessary for Nick to wear different masks?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses several different literary techniques as the story is told in regard to the story's flow. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might the author have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Is the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques? Why or why not?

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