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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 wrong with the first safe Sleepy Eyes tells Mike to open?

2. What does Mike like to do with Gunnar in their spare time?

3. What causes Mike to do whatever Mr. Marsh asks of him?

4. How did Amelia's mother die?

5. Where does Mike first meet Banks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the back door is left unlocked for Mike at night?

2. What happens the day before Amelia comes home?

3. How does Mike feel when he hears the red pager beeping?

4. Why did Mike get in his father's gun safe?

5. Why does Mike take Amelia on her first motorcycle ride?

6. How does the Assembly Man die, and why?

7. What does Mike picture as he starts feeling how to open safes?

8. What is Gunnar's main complaint about Julian's plans?

9. How does Mr. Marsh convince Mike to help him?

10. How does Mike figure out where to find Amelia while visiting Michigan?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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