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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 is Banks's first name?

2. Where does Mike first meet Banks?

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

4. What is Gunnar's side business?

5. Who tells Mike to stop sneaking into Amelia's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the back door is left unlocked for Mike at night?

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

4. Why is Ghost leaving for Florida?

5. How does Mike say he lost his freedom?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens the day before Amelia comes home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Mike and Amelia communicate with each other, and what does this say about their relationship with each other?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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