If the "n" is not in quotes, then it assumes that n is the name of a bound attribute, and substitutes the value of that attribute, (or in your case blank if there is no attribute of that name).
I would strongly recommend you have a good play with EL and make sure you thoroughly understand all combinations of [] notation with respect to maps and arrays as it WILL crop up in the exam.
Yeah I heard from the forum that EL takes a big part. Unfortunately enthuware and head first don't have too many practices on them. So I will have to explore more on the internet.
You don't need to read that much up about it. Once you have the basic knowledge all you need to do is spend a couple of evenings with a text editor and Tomcat trying things out.
There's only so many combinations of quotes, no quotes, square brackets, missing / null values with maps, arrays and java beans to try out.
@Praveen you do realise that with Enthuware you get full online support. So if you do have any doubts or questions about their mock(s) you can raise them via their website.