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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 slang word is used for the money the shoe boys had that Tony used to hang out with?
(a) Mazuma.
(b) Benjamins.
(c) Quid.
(d) Bread.

2. What is Tommy's life like?
(a) Painful.
(b) Boring.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Drudgery.

3. What type of business did Tommy rob with the shoe boys?
(a) Bank.
(b) Savings and Loan.
(c) Liquor store.
(d) Grocery store.

4. What job or type of work did Tommy's landlord have at the time Tommy got in trouble for being in a hold-up?
(a) Coal and ice.
(b) Politician.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Delivery service.

5. How are the profits counted at the store Tommy and Rosa tend?
(a) Dollars.
(b) Hundreds of dollars.
(c) Pennies.
(d) Nickels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Tommy make when he took in punchboards for a syndicate?

2. What "sick-in-the-stomach feeling" does Tommy have?

3. What is Tommy's last name?

4. How old was Tony when he dropped out of vocational school?

5. When Tommy put a slot machine in the store, what would anyone get who played a nickel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Tommy able to save $55 that Rosa does not know about?

2. How did Tommy get in trouble?

3. What happened to the slot machine Tommy put in the candy store, and how did that keep Tommy out of trouble?

4. Why did Tommy run to Texas for a while?

5. How did Tommy get out of trouble after the holdup?

6. What was Rosa's reaction when Tommy put a slot machine in the candy store?

7. What type of schedule does Tommy keep?

8. What is Tommy's life like?

9. Who were the shoe boys?

10. What was Tommy like when he was a kid and went by his birth name, Tony?

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