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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ethan talk to everybody he sees while sweeping the sidewalk?
(a) He feels nervous.
(b) He feels happy and friendly.
(c) He is talking himself out of the robbery.
(d) He wants alibis.

2. Who notices that the talisman is missing?
(a) Mary.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Allen.
(d) Margie.

3. Why does Margie not see Joey as a prospect?
(a) He is too young.
(b) He is not wealthy.
(c) He is a bachelor.
(d) He does not flirt with her enough.

4. Why is Allen's speech being discredited?
(a) Allen is not old enough.
(b) It is too common.
(c) They think Allen had help from his parents.
(d) It was plagiarized.

5. Who used to speak magic words to Ethan?
(a) His mother.
(b) Marullo.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) Deborah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Margie plan to make her financial situation secure?

2. What does Ellen ask Ethan to let her hold during the party for Allen?

3. Who is the only person who Ethan thinks might know what he has started?

4. Whom does Margie want to release from the pain of his life?

5. Where do Ethan and Mary go for their holiday together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes Ethan's mind about what he wanted to do a the end of the book?

2. Why does Ethan say he does not want to run for the town manager's office?

3. What does Margie say to Ethan while he is on a walk after Allen's party?

4. How does Mary respond when she hears that Ethan now owns the store?

5. What big event does Ethan plan to do on July 1st and why?

6. What does Stoney tell Ethan after he talks to Biggers for the first time since owning the store?

7. What does Joey say that shows Ethan his bank robbery might have failed?

8. What did Marullo do and say when he was deported and why?

9. What does Margie realize when she flirts with Ethan about paying her for the fortune she read for Mary?

10. What place did Allen take in the essay contest, and why is Ethan so surprised by this?

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