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Q. What makes Terry feel guilty at the beginning of the movie
He cheats Pop Doyle out of a work slip.
He cheats Johnny Friendly out of money.
He punts a kitten off a bridge.
He plays a role, inadvertently, in Joey Doyle's murder.
Q. Why doesn't Edie want to go back to school, when her father tells her to?
She wants to continue solving her brother's death and trying to improve life on the waterfront by overcoming the gang.
She says school is boring and she hates math.
The girls there don't like her and keep picking on her.
She's already enrolled in a new school—The School of Rock
Q. What does Father Barry do to combat the mob's stranglehold on the docks?
He forms his own gang to intimidate the mob through violence.
He goes to Johnny Friendly personally and tells him he should attend church more.
He organizes a meeting for the longshoremen at the church to try to get someone to testify against Johnny Friendly.
He sets the docks on fire.
Q. What role did Charley play in ending Terry's boxing career?
He punched Terry with an illegal "rabbit punch," giving him a concussion that made it unsafe to continue boxing.
He forced Terry to switch to competitive Magic: The Gathering matches.
He bet against Terry in the biggest fight of his life and made him take a dive.
He tripped him and sent him falling down a flight of stairs.
Q. After being beaten, Terry walks to work at the end of the movie. What do the other workers do?
They follow him, abandoning Johnny Friendly.
They riot, burning down the docks.
They stand on the docks, not sure what to do—and the movie ends.
They rush Johnny Friendly and tear him into tiny pieces and scatter them throughout the city.