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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 Ellen ask Ethan to let her hold during the party for Allen?

2. How long did one of Ethan's fellow soldiers give himself every day to think about his family?

3. Why does Margie think her alimony money is about to stop?

4. Whom does Ethan think should own the talisman now?

5. How much money does Marullo give Ethan when he offers to let him take a vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Allen's plagiarism discovered?

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

3. What does Ethan do when Biggers comes into the store for the first time after Ethan owns it?

4. What did one of Ethan's fellow officers do to concentrate on the war?

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

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

7. What does Margie offer to do for Ethan and Mary on the day Ethan learns he now owns the store?

8. What did Ethan plan to do to make people believe he was in the bathroom during the robbery?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Where did the talisman come from, and what does it mean to the main characters in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Baker and Marullo are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support, write a comparison/contrast essay about these two characters.

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