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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes increasingly aggressive towards the union workers on strike?
(a) The police.
(b) The soldiers at the Brooklyn army base.
(c) The firefighters.
(d) The local restaurant and bar owners.

2. As the argument continues about the new worker, who does the foreman go to talk to?
(a) Georgette.
(b) Vinnie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Mr. Harrington.

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

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

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

6. In what state is Tralala's body at the end of Part IV?
(a) Tired and aching.
(b) Bloody and bruised.
(c) Fit and in shape.
(d) Clean and well groomed.

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

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

9. At the end of Part IV, what keeps falling off the bar?
(a) Empty beer cans.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Nails.
(d) Napkins.

10. As Mike tries to sleep, what keeps him slightly awake?
(a) A fire truck.
(b) His baby, who is crying.
(c) His wife, who is working in the room next to the bedroom.
(d) The street traffic.

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

12. What does Harry say when he sees a new worker cutting steel?
(a) He says that the new worker is at the wrong factory.
(b) He says that the new worker has not yet been officially hired.
(c) He says the new worker is his brother.
(d) He says the new worker does not have enough experience.

13. Realizing his wife has locked the bathroom door, what does Vinnie do rather than patiently wait until she is finished?
(a) Urinates in a beer bottle.
(b) Urinates in a bucket in their apartment hallway.
(c) Urinates out of his apartment window.
(d) Urinates in the kitchen sink.

14. At the nice bars, what does Tralala say about the Officer's "dames"?
(a) She says they are after the Officers' money, too.
(b) She wishes she was one of them.
(c) She comments on their lack of respect.
(d) She compares her physique to theirs, noting hers is superior.

15. When Tralala arrives at the bar towards the end of Part IV, what disappoints her?
(a) That she has not made as much money as she did the night previously.
(b) That the bar door is not shut so she can throw it wide open dramatically.
(c) That she did not pursue her dream of becoming a professional baker.
(d) That she did not write a letter to the Officer who brought her shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mike respond to his wife's request to purchase some groceries?

2. During the workers' strike, what is Harry's job?

3. What is the title of Part IV?

4. Where is Mike Kelly at the beginning of Coda when his wife asks if he can purchase groceries?

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

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