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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. What are the names of Henry's children?

2. What sum do Henry and his friends steal from the airport at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of the business that Henry buys?

4. What happens to the man who tries to attach one of the neighborhood girls?

5. What is the name of the man who attacks Karen in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what lengths does the author have to go in order to meet with Henry Hill, Jr.?

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

3. Why does Henry fall for Karen when before he wasn't interested in having one steady girlfriend?

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

5. How does Henry get away with using stolen credit cards so often?

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

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

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

9. What is the typical wiseguy like?

10. What does Henry ask Karen to do after he beats up her neighbor, and how does she react to this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purpose does writing Chapter 18 mostly from law enforcement's perspective serve? What new insight does it offer the reader? Does this chapter change the reader's perception of the wiseguys at all? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, the culture of the Brownsville-East area of New York was examined. In what ways does the mob affect this neighborhood, both positively and negatively? How integral is the mob lifestyle to the residents of this area? Do they actually help them or do they only make their situations worse? In what ways are the wiseguys' schemes accepted in their neighborhood? What are some explanations for why no one ever tried to stop them from breaking the law?

Essay Topic 3

The wiseguys viewed honest workers as suckers who were too afraid to break the rules and reap the many rewards that came from it. Explain why these men had such a distorted view of reality. What blame do they place on society for their actions?

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