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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. Why does Mike choose to visit Michigan?

2. What keeps Mike away after burying the portrait of Amelia?

3. What is Banks's first name?

4. What keeps Mike from telling the Ghost about Banks?

5. What time of night does Mike pick the Marshall lock while working for them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens the day before Amelia comes home?

3. How does Mike say he lost his freedom?

4. What does Banks say he wants to do for Mike?

5. What does the Ghost say about the broken safe?

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

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

8. What does Mike do for Lito before leaving for his first job?

9. What does Mr. Marsh want to use Mike's talents for?

10. How does the Ghost test Mike's loyalty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choosing sides was a theme that was presented in this book. What are some of the examples of this theme appearing, and how did it affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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