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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lucy returns home after running errands, what does she find her husband, Louis, doing at home?
(a) Watching TV.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Paying the bills.
(d) Studying for his final exams.

2. At the beginning of Part IV, who arrives at the Greek diner who Tralala was not expecting?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) The recently returned soldier.
(c) Georgette.
(d) Her mother.

3. How does Mike respond to his wife's request to purchase some groceries?
(a) He says he cannot because he becomes overcome with anxiety at the market.
(b) He says he does not have enough money.
(c) He says hates the market and everyone who works there.
(d) He says he cannot; he needs to sleep.

4. After Harry and Mary have sex in Part V, how does Harry feel afterwards?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels anxious.
(c) He feels happy and cries tears of joy.
(d) He feels sad and cries himself to sleep.

5. After Lucy confronts her children, what does a neighbor inform Lucy about?
(a) Noisy children.
(b) Dripping water.
(c) A police investigation.
(d) A fire next door.

6. After sex with his wife in Part V, what does Harry dream about during his sleep?
(a) Harpies attacking him.
(b) Dolphins attacking him.
(c) His son dying.
(d) His mother attacking Mary.

7. Where is Mike Kelly at the beginning of Coda when his wife asks if he can purchase groceries?
(a) In the shower.
(b) At work.
(c) On the toilet.
(d) In bed.

8. What does the Officer purchase for Tralala?
(a) Food and a painting.
(b) Tickets to a Broadway show.
(c) Food.
(d) Clothes and a pocketbook.

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

10. After Tralala spends 4 days with an Officer, what does he leave her in an envelope?
(a) Cash.
(b) A check.
(c) A handwritten prayer.
(d) A letter.

11. What happens to Tralala at the end of Part IV?
(a) She is put into an old car and men line up to have sex with her.
(b) She goes to the hospital.
(c) She is knocked unconscious.
(d) She dies.

12. What does Harry do after his wife, Mary, confronts him about never being home lately?
(a) He takes their son and runs away.
(b) He says he is sorry.
(c) He punches her in the face.
(d) He says it's none of her business.

13. To where did Tralala often take men for sex?
(a) The bus station.
(b) The park.
(c) The Greek diner.
(d) Her apartment.

14. What did Tralala refuse to do with boys when she was younger?
(a) Call them by their names.
(b) Sleep with them.
(c) Go on dates with them.
(d) Play games with them.

15. What does Tralala tell the Officer she does NOT need?
(a) A bouquet of wildflowers.
(b) A new car.
(c) A cosmetics case.
(d) A nightgown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the Officer with whom Tralala spends 4 days?

2. After going back to a downtown hotel with a recently returned soldier, what does Tralala do to him?

3. Who does Tralala meet at Willie's who wants to sleep with her?

4. What happens to some of the union workers' wives?

5. How do the men try to revive a half-conscious Tralala?

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