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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 Mike leave on Amelia's dresser after picking the Marshall's new lock?

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

3. Why does Sleepy Eye kill the assemblyman's partners?

4. What does Amelia do while watching Mike with her boyfriend?

5. How does Mike go to LA after seeing Amelia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mike steal from Lito and why?

3. Why does Mike choose to create comic strips of Amelia?

4. What causes the Man From Detroit to give Mike a second chance?

5. What does Sleepy Eyes show Mike to show the importance of the loyalty test?

6. Why is Ghost leaving for Florida?

7. What is a big part of Mike's probation as school starts up?

8. Why does Julian work the way he does when Mike joins them?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of education did Mike receive, and how did it differ from traditional forms of education?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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