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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the summer stretches on, what happens to the union workers in Part V?
(a) They feel anxious about losing their jobs.
(b) They feel bored.
(c) They feel excited by their demands and are hopeful things will change for the better.
(d) They feel less enthused about being on strike.

3. As violence erupts at the factory during the strike, what happens to the workers?
(a) Their wives arrive on scene and break up the fighting.
(b) The police start shooting them.
(c) The police spray them with fire hoses.
(d) The union workers decide to hug each other and make amends.

4. Who walks into the union shop in the middle of the strike after the violence erupted?
(a) Mary.
(b) Georgette.
(c) Goldie.
(d) Ginger.

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

6. After going back to a downtown hotel with a recently returned soldier, what does Tralala do to him?
(a) Hits him over the head with a bottle and steals his money.
(b) Orders them room service and massages with his money.
(c) Kills him and takes his money.
(d) Has sex with him.

7. When Mike's wife arrives home from her job at the supermarket, what does she struggle to do?
(a) Control her frustration about her long work day.
(b) Control her temper at the site of Mike and his friend drinking.
(c) Control her excitement about being home.
(d) Control her anxiety at having to cook dinner for Mike and his friend.

8. What name does Tralala call the men at the nicer bars?
(a) Creeps.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Losers.
(d) Freaks.

9. To whom does Ada reflect on her life as she wakes up?
(a) God.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her neighbor.

10. What happens to some of the union workers' wives?
(a) They are forced into the workforce to help support their families.
(b) They leave their husbands.
(c) They help the men's cause by making new picket signs and creating a list of their own demands.
(d) They become depressed.

11. With what is Abe obsessed in Coda?
(a) Young women.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Reading.
(d) His looks.

12. Who does Tralala meet at Willie's who wants to sleep with her?
(a) Alex.
(b) Malfie.
(c) Harry.
(d) Vinnie.

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

14. What word best describes the Officer with whom Tralala spends 4 days?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Loud.
(d) Angry.

15. How old was Tralala when she first had sex?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tralala see as a threat in this bar she ends up in toward the end of Part IV?

2. 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?

3. Towards the end of Part IV, which bar does Tralala end up returning to?

4. After Tralala spends 4 days with an Officer, what does he leave her in an envelope?

5. Who does the union president hire to take care of unsavory business that caused violence to erupt?

(see the answer keys)

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