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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of New York City does Tralala decide to bring Harry in Part IV?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) Times Square.

2. Where is Lucy when the narrator switches back to her story in Coda?
(a) Church.
(b) Her mother's house.
(c) The market.
(d) The laundromat.

3. Who is ONE character whom Harry invites back to the union shop for beer?
(a) Georgette.
(b) Regina.
(c) Vinnie.
(d) Goldie.

4. Who does Harry first have sex with after he goes to the bar in Part V?
(a) Georgette.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Goldie.
(d) Miss Tony.

5. How much extra money do the union workers receive for picketing?
(a) $10/day.
(b) $5/week.
(c) None.
(d) $1/day.

6. When the narrator switches to Lucy in Coda, what is she doing with her children?
(a) Taking them to a friend's apartment to play.
(b) Trying to control their inappropriate game playing.
(c) Taking them to see their father.
(d) Feeding them dinner.

7. When the narrator switches back to discussing Ada, what is she doing with her dead's husband's pajamas?
(a) Folding them and putting them away.
(b) Smoothing them over with a lint roller.
(c) Setting them out on the bed.
(d) Measuring them.

8. When the narrator talks about Abraham, what does he think about?
(a) Getting a new job.
(b) A woman he met at a bar.
(c) His family.
(d) His sick brother.

9. What do some of the men Harry runs into think about him?
(a) They think he is aggressively mean.
(b) They think he has "crazy eyes."
(c) They think he is too drunk to be in public.
(d) They think think he is ugly.

10. During the workers' strike, what is Harry's job?
(a) He operates new machinery.
(b) He creates a list of on-going demands.
(c) He operates the union shop and organizes pickets.
(d) He makes sure the workers' families are well fed.

11. What does Ada want to do once she goes to the park, watching the children play?
(a) To talk to someone.
(b) To play along with the children.
(c) To take one of the children home with her.
(d) To go to sleep to dream about Hymie.

12. Who does Ada also think about in the park?
(a) Her son, Ira, who died in WWII.
(b) Her mother-in-law, who died in a car crash.
(c) Her brother, Ivan, who died in WWII.
(d) Her mother, who is sick with cancer.

13. After Harry gifts his token of appreciation for the workers, where does he go?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) To Regina's apartment.
(c) The Greek diner.
(d) His apartment.

14. When the narrator explains how Abe drops off his Cadillac and then goes to get his hair cut, what does he tell everyone about at the barber shop?
(a) His work life.
(b) His new Cadillac.
(c) His family life.
(d) His sex life.

15. What is Harry Black doing at the beginning of Part V when he touches his son inappropriately?
(a) Making him dinner.
(b) Bringing him to the park.
(c) Singing a song.
(d) Changing his diaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. After sex with his wife in Part V, what does Harry dream about during his sleep?

2. To where did Tralala often take men for sex?

3. What does Harry do after his wife, Mary, confronts him about never being home lately?

4. Who walks into the union shop in the middle of the strike after the violence erupted?

5. As the argument continues about the new worker, who does the foreman go to talk to?

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