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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Vinnie and his friends do when they are in the bathroom of the diner?
(a) Call for prostitutes.
(b) Comb their hair and fix their clothes.
(c) Eat their dinner.
(d) Start a fist fight.

2. What happens to Rosie in Part I?
(a) She is told to go home.
(b) She is slapped across the face.
(c) She gets drunk and hit y a car.
(d) She is killed.

3. Where does Vinnie send Georgette after the knife incident?
(a) To his own apartment.
(b) To her friend Mary's apartment.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) In a cab headed to her house.

4. When Harry asks Georgette if he can remove the knife from her leg, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him yes.
(b) She tells him to go to hell.
(c) She starts crying.
(d) She faints.

5. After Suzy tells Tommy that she is pregnant, what do they do?
(a) Celebrate with cake from a local bakery.
(b) Go to the closet doctor's office.
(c) Go tell Tommy's parents together.
(d) Get hotdogs at Nathan's on Coney Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freddie say is the reason for the brawl between him and the soldiers?

2. What type of music does Goldie put on for the party?

3. How much does Tommy drink at his wedding?

4. How is Rosie described when Georgette meets up with her friends in Part II?

5. Who calls to tell Goldie that she is coming home with a "john" and they have to leave for Miss Tony's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Geogrette's primary love interest and how does he treat her?

2. What does Freddie to do Rosie after they begin arguing?

3. What are Vinnie's criminal charges and how long has he gotten in trouble with the law?

4. What is the narrative structure throughout the novel?

5. What do people say about Spook related to spending money?

6. Why does Georgette's brother, Arthur, not like her?

7. What game do Vinnie and his friends play at the beginning of Part I?

8. What happens to Georgette outside the Greek diner?

9. What is the style of writing that Selby used to write Last Exit to Brooklyn?

10. How does the narrator describe Tommy at the beginning of Part III?

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