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GIMNASIO VERMONT

PUBLIC ENEMIES ACTIVITY 

NAME__________________________________GRADE______________

1. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate form of the verb either in active orpassive voice.

 The film opens in 1933 as John Dillinger __________________ (1.BRING) to the Indiana State

Prison by his partner John "Red" Hamilton , under the disguise of a prisoner drop. Dillingerand Hamilton overpower several guards and free members of their gang including CharlesMakley and Harry Pierpont. The jailbreak ______________________(2.GO OFF) without a hitch,until gang member Ed Shouse beats a guard to death. A shootout ensues as the gangmakes it getaway. Dillinger's friend and mentor Walter Dietrich _______________(3.KILL), anda furious Dillinger kicks Shouse out of the car. The rest of the gang retreats to a farmhouse hideout, where crooked Chicago cop Martin Zarkovich convinces them to hide outin Chicago, where they_____________________________(4. CAN/SHELTER)by the Mafia.

Meanwhile, In Ohio, Melvin Purvis and several other FBI agents ________________ (5. RUNDOWN) Pretty Boy Floy. Purvis kills Floyd and ______________________(6. PROMOTE)J. Edgar

Hoover (Billy Crudup), who is struggling to expand his Bureau into a national policeagency, to lead the hunt for John Dillinger, declaring the first national "War on Crime."Inbetween a series of bank robberies, Dillinger meets Billie Frechette. She falls for Dillingereven after he tells her who he is, and the two quickly become inseparable.

Melvin Purvis leads a failed ambush at a hotel where he believes Dillinger is staying. Anagent ________________(7. KILL)by the occupant. After the man escapes, Purvis realizes thekiller ____________(8.NOT/ BE) Dillinger but Baby Face Nelson. Police finally find Dillingerand arrest him and his gang in Tucson. Dillinger ____________________( 9. EXTRADITE) backto Indiana where he_____________________ (10. LOCK UP) pending trial. Dillinger and a fewinmates escape. Dillinger is unable to see Frechette, who is under tight surveillance.

Dillinger learns that Frank Nitti's Chicago Outfit associates are now unwilling to help himLater, Dillinger ________________(11. MEET)fellow bank robber Tommy Carroll in a movietheater; with him is Ed Shouse, who _________________(12. WANT) to rejoin the gang. Carrollgoads Dillinger into a bank robbery job in Sioux Falls, promising a huge score. Even thoughBaby Face Nelson______________________(13. INVOLVE), Dillinger agrees. A shootout(triggered by Nelson shooting a cop outside the bank) occurs in which Dillinger __________________(14. SHOOT) in the arm, and Carroll is shot and left for dead. Theyretreat to Nelson's wilderness lodge hideout at Little Bohemia, where Dillinger'swounds_______________________________(15. TREAT); the gang is disappointed to find thattheir haul is only a fraction of what they expected. Dillinger expresses hope he can freethe rest of his gang still in prison, including Pierpont and Makley, but Red convinces him

this is unlikely to happen.

2. Complete the following series of events according to the events from the movie:

- As a result of   __________________________________________________________________, BillieFrechette gets upset and goes back to her job in the coat section of a Hotel.

-________________________________________________________________________. Consequently,he refuses to grant the FBI director with financial help to strengthen police force.

- _______________________________________________________________________, so he ischeerfully received by the crowd when he was taken to jail in Ohio.

- Due to the fact that  ____________________________________________________, organized

crime associates turn their back to Dillinger when he is chased by the cops.

- Because _______________________________________________________, she easily becomesDillinger’s girlfriend.

- Economic situation in the 1930’s was so ______________________________  that a characterlike Dillinger could ______________________________________________________________.

- Violence was the way criminals usually take control over established institutions. Forthis reason, __________________________________________________________________________________.

- Dillinger gets disappointed because of___________________________________________.

- FBI director, J.E.Hoover________________________________. Therefore, __________________________________.

3. Topic:________________________________________________________ 

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4.  Themes:1._____________________________________Support______________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________________  ______________ 

2._____________________________________Support______________________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________________  ____________ 

3._____________________________________Support______________________________________ 

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