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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 type of activities occur at the wedding reception?

2. Who is in the middle of the circle when the hipsters play a game in Part I?

3. Who does Georgette fantasize about at the end of Part II?

4. What record plays on the jukebox that the hipsters do not like?

5. After Suzy tells Tommy that she is pregnant, what do they do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrative structure throughout the novel?

2. What is the significance of the title, Last Exit to Brooklyn? What does the title suggest about the story overall?

3. What new life event does Tommy announce one day at the Greek diner?

4. How does the novel open in Part I? What are the characters doing?

5. How does Spook react to the comments of the patrons at the Greek diner once he has made his announcement?

6. What are Vinnie's criminal charges and how long has he gotten in trouble with the law?

7. Who is Geogrette's primary love interest and how does he treat her?

8. Outside of the Greek diner, what does Georgette tell Vinnie?

9. What happens to Suzy and Tommy towards the end of their wedding reception?

10. How does Georgette sneak out of her mother's apartment once she is back home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence against women and toxic masculinity are common in Last Exit to Brooklyn. Select one relationship in the novel and explain how the characters treat each other and how the treatment of each other impacts their emotional and psychological development and wellbeing.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing and defining the idea of community throughout Last Exit to Brooklyn. Select 2-3 characters and describe how each relates or does not relate to his or her community.

Essay Topic 3

Sexuality is a common theme in Last Exit to Brooklyn. Analyze how one character in the novel grapples with, expresses, or represses her / his sexuality. How do her / his choices, or lack thereof, illustrate her / his acceptance of struggle with sexuality?

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