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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. Who was the big fish who Brasco wanted to get closer to?

2. How did the FBI know that Sonny had been killed?

3. What did Brasco do with the papers Nicky left behind in a Florida hotel room?

4. Brasco told Lefty that Conti was going to ____________________.

5. What did Brasco learn when he arrived to meet Lefty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Pistone angry that the hit with Lefty was ultimately called off?

2. Why was Pistone conflicted when it came time to do the hit on Sonny Red's son, Bruno?

3. What were the pros and cons of Pistone's wearing a wire around the mob guys?

4. Explain why the FBI decided to pull Conti out of the operation.

5. Why was Santo Trafficante so important to establishing the King's Court in Florida?

6. Why was Lefty so impressed by Frank Balistrieri's hospitality in Milwaukee?

7. What was Sonny's advice about Pistone's giving Lefty large sums of money and why did Pistone want to get closer to Sonny?

8. What is Pistone's explanation when Lefty learned that the "Left Hand" is an FBI boat?

9. What was the risk that mobsters ran if they got into the drug business?

10. Why did Lefty get so mad at Pistone while they were in Milwaukee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pistone's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why Pistone used them where he did.

Essay Topic 2

Substance abuse seemed to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive was the abuse? Why did it have such a prevalent place in Pistone's life? How did it affect him? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 3

Greed takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of the greed? How pervasive was the greed among the Mafiosi? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

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