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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. Which Mafia controlled Milwaukee?

2. Why does Pistone have trouble opening a bank account as Donnie Brasco?

3. Lefty was a less volatile person than _______________ was.

4. Brasco was glad that Lefty got interested in what business in Milwaukee?

5. The Bonannos brought Sicilians to town to _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pistone meet Lefty and how did Pistone then have to break up his time?

2. What did Pistone think was critical about being an undercover agent?

3. What was the double-edged sword for Pistone regarding spending time with his family on the sly?

4. Describe how Lefty took Pistone under his wing both professionally and personally.

5. Describe Pistone's activities during the time he spent with Jilly Greca's crew.

6. How did Pistone have a close call with almost being identified when agent Tony Conti came to New York for a job?

7. What was critical about Pistone's meeting Tony Mirra?

8. What was the first time that Pistone would go undercover as Donnie Brasco?

9. What were some of the things that Pistone had to do to become Donnie Brasco?

10. What was the double tragedy Pistone faced on the day his wife was in a car accident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From what you can glean from Pistone's descriptions, create a brief character study of Sonny. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What were his hopes and fears? What created the close friendship between him and Pistone? Why did Pistone wish that he had met Sonny under different circumstances?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the cultural climate in America in the mid 1970s and 1980s and why the time was right for Pistone to infiltrate the mob. What were the trends in America at the time? How did Pistone differentiate himself from other FBI agent going undercover at that time?

Essay Topic 3

Pistone used more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two examples about loss in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.

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