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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's first picture for Mike show?

2. What does the Ghost compare locks to?

3. What does Mr. Marsh want Mike to do with Amelia?

4. What kind of store does Ramona run?

5. Who owns the store where Mike learns to crack safes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Ghost tell Mike about himself?

5. What does Amelia show in her first comic strip for Mike?

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

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

8. What does Mr. Marsh say to Mike while he is drunk?

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

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 took Mike's voice away, and what does he hope will bring it back?

Essay Topic 2

There were some very mysterious characters in the book with no names. Who are these characters, and what bearing do they have on the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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