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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 Amelia want to share with Mike?

2. Why do the people at the Higgins Institute think Mike should get over his trauma?

3. What does Mike use to escape?

4. What is taken from the first safe Mike cracks?

5. What does Bigmouth want Mike to help him steal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mike begin picking locks?

2. How does Mike first see Amelia?

3. What punishment is Mike given the first time he is arrested?

4. What secret does Mike keep from Bigmouth?

5. What does Lucy say when she sees Mike doing what Gunnary demanded?

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

7. How does Mike prepare to move to California?

8. What does Amelia challenge Mike to do when they first meet?

9. What ruins the first friendship Mike ever had?

10. What does Mike call the only decent chapter of his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mike endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials, and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

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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