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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 does Mr. Marsh forbid Mike to do?

2. How many people knock on Mike's door when he changes residences after the diamond fiasco?

3. Who tackles Mike after the aquarium is smashed?

4. What does the man who robs Lito ask about?

5. Why is the heat in the house on Laurel up so high?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Mike begin picking locks?

5. How does Mike escape from Ron?

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

7. What does Mike do the night after his job with Bigmouth?

8. What does Ron tell the police after handcuffing Mike?

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

10. What ruins the first friendship Mike ever had?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ended the friendship between Mike and Griffin, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this play?

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