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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 person Tommy kills with a piano wire?

2. What is the real name of the big boss who frequents the restaurant that Henry works at?

3. Why does Henry stand Karen up for a date?

4. Where does Henry's girlfriend work?

5. What sum do Henry and his friends steal from the airport at the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Linda view Henry's marriage to Karen?

2. Describe why the author, Nicholas Pileggi, decides to write the book from Henry Hill's perspective.

3. Discuss some of the schemes that Henry took part in during Chapter 2 before taking part in the gambling ring.

4. What are some of the ways Karen notices that Henry's profession as a bricklayer might not be as it seems?

5. To what lengths does the author have to go in order to meet with Henry Hill, Jr.?

6. What are some of the ways Paul Vario distances himself from the criminal acts that he and his group commit?

7. What is the typical wiseguy like?

8. What problems do the mobsters run into while trying to get keys to the strong room, and how do they eventually overcome it?

9. Why does Henry decide to start an honest business by buying The Suite?

10. Why does Henry see Paulie as "invulnerable"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Henry joins the wiseguys and begins committing crimes at a very young age. Does his character deserve any sympathy from the reader because of his youth? Is Henry more naive to fall into the wiseguy lifestyle because of his young age? If you do think he deserves sympathy as a child, does he also deserve it as he grows up? Could he help his actions as an adult because of these circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout most of his marriage, Henry lies to Karen about almost everything in much part because that is what most wiseguys did. What does this tell the reader in regards to how wiseguys valued other people? How does this showcase their self-serving nature?

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