SparkNotes: On the Waterfront:

1. Whose death causes Terry Malloy to start wondering about Johnny Friendly’s business methods?

(A) Charlie Malloy’s

(B) Tim Dugan’s

(C) Joey Doyle’s

(D) Terry’s father’s

2. When Edie drops her glove outside of the church, what does Terry do with it?

(A) Puts it on his hand

(B) Steps on it

(C) Gives it back

(D) Gives it to the local “Juicehead”

3. According to Terry, how did Charlie derail Terry’s promising boxing career?

(A) By setting him up with a poor manager

(B) By not paying for his training

(C) By betting on the opponent in a big fight

(D) By stealing all his boxing shorts

4. Where does Father Barry hold the secret meeting for the longshoremen to discuss their rights?

(A) Johnny Friendly’s bar

(B) Pop Doyle’s apartment

(C) The basement of the church

(D) The cargo hold of a banana ship

5. What event makes it difficult for Edie to leave Terry at the saloon?

(A) An underground Communist meeting

(B) A raucous wedding

(C) A group of Johnny Friendly’s goons drinking

(D) A dance marathon

6. How is Charlie “the Gent” Malloy easily identified?

(A) His four-inch facial scar

(B) His camel-hair coat

(C) His thick Irish accent

(D) His Burberry scarf

7. Why does the Waterfront Crime Commission actively seek out Terry for a subpoena?

(A) He’s a pushover with a history of informing to the police

(B) He’s poor and the Commission feels he’d have to accept a bribe

(C) He’s wanted on other charges and will have to cooperate

(D) He’s rumored to be the last to see Joey Doyle alive

8. What important event not seen on -screen happens after Father Barry’s secret meeting?

(A) Dugan gives testimony to the Waterfront Crime Commission

(B) Johnny Friendly kills Mutt, the local homeless man

(C) Pop Doyle calls the nuns to come and retrieve Edie

(D) Terry accidentally kills one of Joey Doyle’s birds

9. Who helps Terry Malloy in the fistfight with Johnny Friendly at the end of On the Waterfront?

(A) Pop Doyle

(B) Father Barry

(C) No one

(D) The entire longshoreman union

10. Terry admits that he threw his big fight to whom?

(A) Pop Doyle

(B) Glover of the Waterfront Crime Commission

(C) Kayo Dugan

(D) The bartender at Johnny Friendly’s bar

11. What part of the New York metro area provides the setting for On the Waterfront?

(A) Brooklyn, New York

(B) Staten Island, New York

(C) Hoboken, New Jersey

(D) Hartford, Connecticut

12. Over whose corpse does Father Barry deliver his famous “Sermon on the Docks”?

(A) Joey Doyle’s

(B) Kayo Dugan’s

(C) Charlie Malloy’s

(D) None of the above

13. Why is Charlie Malloy murdered?

(A) He swindled money from Johnny Friendly

(B) He was going to testify to the Waterfront Crime Commission

(C) He couldn’t convince Terry not to testify to the Commission

(D) His death was an accident, not a murder

14. What birds does Terry raise tenderly on the rooftops?

(A) Hawks

(B) Canaries

(C) Mourning doves

(D) Pigeons

15. What does Terry do when his brother Charlie pulls a gun on him in the taxicab?

(A) Screams and tries to back out of the door

(B) Knocks it out of Charlie’s hands

(C) Freezes like a deer in headlights

(D) Looks sad and gently turns it away

16. What style of acting does Marlon Brando employ in On the Waterfront?

(A) Method acting

(B) Expressionist acting

(C) Stage acting

(D) Psychological acting

17. What does “D & D” stand for in the lingo of the waterfront?

(A) Dumb and depressed

(B) Deaf and dumb

(C) Deaf and divided

(D) Dodge and dive

18. Who encourages Terry to confess to Edie the extent of his involvement in Joey’s death?

(A) Father Barry

(B) Pop Doyle

(C) Kayo Dugan

(D) Luke

19. How does Terry fight back against the murder of his brother Charlie?

(A) Terry murders Johnny Friendly

(B) Terry testifies to the Waterfront Crime Commission

(C) Terry leaves town with Edie, never to be heard from again

(D) All of the above

20. How does Mr. Upstairs find out about what happens in the courtroom?

(A) A stoolie calls him on the telephone

(B) He waits for the next day’s papers

(C) The proceedings are televised

(D) He’s in the courtroom, watching for himself

21. How does the neighborhood kid Tommy greet Terry when he returns from the courtroom?

(A) Tommy runs to Terry and embraces him

(B) Tommy spits in Terry’s face

(C) Tommy releases Swifty, the lead bird

(D) Tommy kills all of Terry’s birds

22. How do the longshoremen at the morning shape-up know if they’re going to work that day?

(A) The foreman, Big Mac, gives them work tabs

(B) The foreman, Big Mac, points at them and pats them on the back

(C) Johnny Friendly has a list of that day’s workers posted on the shack

(D) Johnny Friendly and Big Mac take the first hundred men who show up

23. To what does Father Barry compare the murder of Kayo Dugan?

(A) A tragedy

(B) A crucifixion

(C) A drowning

(D) A ritualistic sacrifice

24. Where does Terry run immediately after his taxicab conversation with Charlie?

(A) To the church

(B) To Johnny Friendly’s bar

(C) To Edie’s apartment

(D) To the rooftop of the tenement

25. Whose jacket does Terry wear for his final showdown at the docks?

(A) His own

(B) Edie’s

(C) Joey’s

(D) Charlie’s

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