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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. Which of the following people does Henry NOT hear talking about him on the police tape?

2. What college do the players attend who agree to shave off points in a game?

3. How many organized crime members are arrested in Chapter 20?

4. Where do Henry and his family stay during his interrogations?

5. Whose perspective is Chapter 12 told in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which of Henry's many schemes angers Ed McDonald the most, and why?

3. How does the college basketball scheme work?

4. Why does the money in the Lufthansa cargo vault seem so appealing to Henry and his men?

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

6. How does Henry feel about being forced to live a normal life after so many years in the mob?

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

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

9. What does Henry do during the two year stall before his prison sentence?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At a very young age, Henry is coerced into committing illegal acts for the wiseguys. In what ways is Henry talked into committing these acts? What is his reaction when he is told to commit them? How are these crimes viewed in the eyes of the mobsters?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does the author use Henry's perspective to his advantage when describing the Air Cargo Center robbery? Why do you think the author chose to use Henry's point of view to tell this story? What details would have been left out had the author told the story from someone else's perspective?

Essay Topic 3

By showing the ease in which the police come up with Jimmy and his gangs' names after the Lufthansa case, the author shows that the wiseguys weren't completely in charge. How does this foreshadow the sudden demise of Henry's lifestyle? Since his life was so dependent on lies, are you surprised that it took so long for Henry to be taken down?

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