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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 Henry and his partner do at the restaurant that causes them to get in trouble with Paulie?
(a) Held an illegal gambling ring after hours.
(b) Threatened to put the restaurant chef in the oven.
(c) Gave their friends free food.
(d) Stole food and wine.

2. Why do Henry and his partner get removed from their first job?
(a) They stole money.
(b) They shot another worker.
(c) They quit going to work.
(d) They got in a fight.

3. What item does Henry buy that upsets his mother?
(a) A car.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hat.
(d) A pinstriped suit.

4. What airline does the mob's insider work for?
(a) Delta.
(b) Continental.
(c) United Airways.
(d) Air France.

5. What occupation does Karen think Henry has?
(a) A bank teller.
(b) A CPA.
(c) A bricklayer.
(d) A waiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author, Nicholas Pileggi, meet Henry?

2. How old is Henry when he is first arrested?

3. What is the name of the person Tommy kills with a piano wire?

4. What movie is based on this book?

5. Why does Tommy later kill a man named Spider?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jimmy buy cigarettes outside of New York?

2. Describe some of the illegal schemes that Henry takes part in while serving in the Army.

3. Describe how the wiseguys rob trucks.

4. Discuss what jobs Henry is given involving the gambling ring.

5. Why does Paulie worry about Henry and Peter dating Linda and Veralynn, and why does he eventually allow them to date?

6. Why does Henry want to become partners with Lenny and what are some of the perks that come along with it?

7. Describe the ambush the wiseguys took out on a local restaurant staff in Chapter 10.

8. How do the wiseguys get away with stealing cargo from the Queens airport?

9. How is Henry living at the beginning of Chapter 5 before he meets Karen?

10. Describe what Tommy and Jimmy do with Billy Batts' after Tommy shoots him in The Suite.

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