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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 does Spook do at the end of Part III?
(a) Drive Suzy home.
(b) Gets drunk and falls down the stairs.
(c) Puts on his hat to go for a ride on Tommy's motorcycle.
(d) Sings Tommy a farewell song.

2. At the wedding reception, what does Roberta say when she is asked if she is the bride?
(a) That she is the bride.
(b) That she's afraid to marry.
(c) That she is the sister of the bride.
(d) That she is on birth control.

3. How many soldiers walk past the argument between Rosie and Freddy?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

4. What type of diner is the restaurant that Vinnie and his friends loiter in?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Greek.
(c) Indian.
(d) Italian.

5. 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 purchased a motorcycle.
(c) That he's going back to finish college.
(d) That his girlfriend is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Georgette describe love in the final part of Part II?

2. What is the final word of Part II?

3. Who throws a knife at Georgette and cuts her leg?

4. What do the police tell Freddie to do once the fight is over?

5. At the beginning of Part III, what is Spook obsessed with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the mood of Tommy and Suzy's wedding reception at Murphy's Hall?

3. What does the Greek diner owner, Alex, say to the boys once they return inside from their game?

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

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

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

7. What does Freddie tell the police officers about Rosie when they arrive on the scene?

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

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

10. When Spook goes into motorcycle shops, what does he do?

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