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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 comes down at the end of Part III with some friends to talk to Tommy?

2. Before entering her house, what does Georgette do?

3. Where does Georgette sneak off to after the doctor bandages her leg?

4. When Goldie is making drinks for everyone, whom does she flirtatiously eye?

5. What do Vinnie and his friends do when they are in the bathroom of the diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Spook react to the comments of the patrons at the Greek diner once he has made his announcement?

2. Outside of the Greek diner, what does Georgette tell Vinnie?

3. What happens at the party at Goldie's apartment?

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

5. What quote from the Bible opens Part II?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Last Exit to Brooklyn is told through a third person point of view. Analyze the author's choice to tell the story from this perspective. How does this point of view affect the plot of the novel? How does viewing the world through a third person's eyes help readers think about society, and Brooklyn in particular, at large?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing and analyzing what you think the title, Last Exit to Brooklyn, means and how it relates to the characters' lives.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Georgette's relationship with Vinnie. What is the basis of their relationship? Why do the men who hang out at the Greek diner, including Vinnie, simultaneously harass yet admire Georgette?

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