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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys in Part I do to one of the soldier who tried to escape?
(a) They shoot him.
(b) They hit him with a club.
(c) They beat him bloody.
(d) They yell at him.

2. What does the narrator say is Vinnie's greatest joy in life?
(a) Hanging out with his friends at the Greek diner.
(b) Pretending to be in love with Georgette.
(c) Knowing someone who was killed by the police in a stick up.
(d) Becoming a father at a young age.

3. What two objects does Georgette envision when fantasizing about her lover at the end of Part II?
(a) The sun and the moon.
(b) The stars and the ocean.
(c) The rivers and the mountains.
(d) The trees and the mountains.

4. Why does Georgette go to Brooklyn at the beginning of Part II?
(a) Because she wants to move there.
(b) Because Vinnie gets parole.
(c) Because she has a drug hook up there.
(d) Because her mother lives there.

5. At the beginning of Part I, where is the diner located that Vinnie and his friends loiter in?
(a) Near the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Near the Brooklyn Dodger's stadium.
(c) Near a the Hudson river.
(d) Near the Brooklyn Armybase

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex warn the boys about at the end of Part I?

2. At the beginning of Part II, how is Georgette described?

3. How does everyone at the party react to Georgette's reading of the poem?

4. What happens in the bathroom at the end of Part I?

5. What do Georgette's friends compliment her on?

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