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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 "straighten up" mean in the mob world?
(a) Buying a business.
(b) Cleaning up.
(c) Killing people.
(d) Paying out and collecting wagers.

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

3. Why does Henry initially go to the cabstand?
(a) To people watch.
(b) For his father.
(c) To look for a part-time job.
(d) To see his friends.

4. What does Paulie call the stolen credit cards he uses?
(a) Marksmen.
(b) Markers.
(c) Muldoons.
(d) Muppets.

5. What does Henry do at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Goes back to prison.
(b) Quits school.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Enlists in the Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the alias that the big boss from the restaurant goes by on the streets?

2. Who is described as Paulie's "right hand man" in Chapter 4?

3. What are the wiseguys who take on the more violent crimes called?

4. What is the first job Henry and his new partner are assigned?

5. Where does Henry's girlfriend work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the ways Paul Vario distances himself from the criminal acts that he and his group commit?

2. Describe how the wiseguys rob trucks.

3. Why does Henry choose the cabstand when looking for a part-time job?

4. What is the typical wiseguy like?

5. Why is the author, Nicholas Pileggi, hesitant to meet with Henry Hill, Jr. and write the book?

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

7. Why does Henry decide to start an honest business by buying The Suite?

8. Why does Henry see Paulie as "invulnerable"?

9. How does Linda view Henry's marriage to Karen?

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

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