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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 news does Spook share at Tommy and Suzy's wedding?
(a) That he broke his leg while riding Tommy's motorcycle.
(b) That he's going back to finish college.
(c) That his girlfriend is pregnant.
(d) That he purchased a motorcycle.

2. Why does Georgette go to Brooklyn at the beginning of Part II?
(a) Because she wants to move there.
(b) Because her mother lives there.
(c) Because Vinnie gets parole.
(d) Because she has a drug hook up there.

3. How much does Tommy drink at his wedding?
(a) A case of beer.
(b) 3-4 shots of whiskey and some beer.
(c) Not much.
(d) Half a bottle of gin.

4. Who calls to tell Goldie that she is coming home with a "john" and they have to leave for Miss Tony's?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Camille.
(d) Mary.

5. What does the narrator say is Vinnie's greatest joy in life?
(a) Knowing someone who was killed by the police in a stick up.
(b) Becoming a father at a young age.
(c) Pretending to be in love with Georgette.
(d) Hanging out with his friends at the Greek diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of activities occur at the wedding reception?

2. How many records are on the jukebox in the diner?

3. At the wedding reception, what does Roberta say when she is asked if she is the bride?

4. Who is Alex in Part I?

5. What is the final word of Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Georgette outside the Greek diner?

5. How does the novel open in Part I? What are the characters doing?

6. What happens to Suzy and Tommy towards the end of their wedding reception?

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

8. How does Georgette sneak out of her mother's apartment once she is back home?

9. Once at Goldie's apartment, what do the queens, Georgette and Goldie, discuss?

10. What new life event does Tommy announce one day at the Greek diner?

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