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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 long is Mike taught at the Higgins Institute?

2. What language does Mike learn at the Higgins Institute?

3. Why does Ramona go shopping in Beverly Hills?

4. How does Mike say he got to his first job?

5. What do football players want to use Mike's skills for on the last day of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mike say he knew when there were jobs for him?

2. Why does Mike start a new life in New York?

3. What happens when Lito is robbed?

4. Why doesn't Mike start with the beginning of his story?

5. What does Mr. Marsh want Mike to do for him, and why?

6. What important lesson does Mike learn when Lito is robbed?

7. What does Gunnar make Mike do when they meet, and why?

8. Why does Mike refuse to reveal his accomplices the first time he is arrested?

9. What favor does Mike do for Brian Hauser?

10. Why does Mike choose to move to California?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What interested the Man From Detroit the most in Mike, and how did this show how useful he could be to his business arrangements?

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