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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 is the undercover operation in Florida known as?
(a) Sun Apple.
(b) Blue Lagoon.
(c) Orange Bamboo.
(d) Key North.

2. To whom was Brasco introduced during this time?
(a) Sam Gravano.
(b) Tony Mirra.
(c) Tony Bonini.
(d) Ace Corleone.

3. Brasco was glad that Lefty got interested in what business in Milwaukee?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Drug.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Vending machine.

4. How much time did Brasco get to spend with his family on his first Christmas undercover?
(a) No Christmas holiday time at all.
(b) A few hours on Christmas morning.
(c) Most of Christmas Eve.
(d) All of Christmas day.

5. Brasco agrees to stay in _______________ on Lefty's wishes.
(a) Detroit.
(b) Miami.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Benjamin Ruggiero and Tony Mirra were both members of which crime family?

2. How did Lefty feel about teaching Brasco about the Mafia?

3. Conti's cover was to pose as a friend of Brasco's who was interested in ________________________.

4. Why did so many Sicilians start coming to New York?

5. What did the two men in #31 take from a house they robbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pistone's activities during the time he spent with Jilly Greca's crew.

2. Describe how Lefty took Pistone under his wing both professionally and personally.

3. Describe the situation in which Frankie and Patsy questioned Pistone's credibility.

4. How did Pistone lay the groundwork for breaking into the Mafia and who was the bartender who made Pistone's first introductions to Mafia connections?

5. Explain how the deal came about in which Conti was allowed to put his vending machines in the bars in Milwaukee.

6. What was the irony of Pistone's telling Lefty that he had to leave Milwaukee to go see his girlfriend who had been in a car accident?

7. How was the decision made regarding who Pistone would work for--Lefty or Mirra?

8. Why did the FBI decide to use Pistone in an undercover Mafia operation?

9. Why was the relationship with Lefty an advantageous one for Pistone?

10. Why did Pistone think it would be a good idea to concentrate more of his time on the Bonanno family?

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