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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 is the name of the family that the men must pay off after the original airport heist?

2. How much cash do the men make off with after the original airport heist?

3. What mob boss are the police hoping to catch in the drug ring?

4. Where is the original airport heist located?

5. Where is the job Henry takes after he is released from prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry spend his time while in the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary?

2. What circumstances lead Henry to consider cooperating with the police?

3. Why do the police have a hard time convicting anyone of the crime?

4. What are some of the struggles that Karen and her children have to deal with while Henry is in prison?

5. How do the wiseguys treat Stacks' family after he is whacked?

6. What lengths do Edward A. McDonald and his men go through in order to find suspects for the Lufthansa robbery?

7. How does Henry's daughter react to the present he gives her after getting out of jail?

8. How does Henry find out that Jimmy wants to whack Marty Krugman and how does Henry react to this?

9. What crime does Henry testify against Paul Vario for?

10. Why do Henry, Jimmy, and Casey Rosado visit Florida at the beginning of Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry plays many different roles in the book that include father, husband, friend, and mobster. Discuss these four roles and how his personality differed in each situation. How does he act similarly in these roles and how does he act differently? If he acted significantly different, what does this tell you about his character?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 13 and 14, the reader is shown the same story from two different perspectives: Henry's and Karen's. Compare and contrast these two perspectives. How does Henry's view of his life in prison differ from Karen's? Who do you think suffers more, and why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Jimmy's paranoia of the Lufthansa robbery foreshadow the events that later transpired? Is the author giving the reader clues that everything the wiseguys thought about life would soon change or is he simply trying to portray Jimmy's personality?

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