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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the strike, what arrives at the workers' factory that causes unrest?
(a) Guns.
(b) New machinery.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Delivery trucks.

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

3. What does Harry do when he goes to a bar that is predominantly frequented by drag queens and transgender folks?
(a) Sings karoke.
(b) Becomes friends with the bar tender.
(c) Sits by himself at the bar.
(d) Sits with Vinnie at a table in the corner.

4. When the narrator switches to describing Vinnie in Coda, who does the narrator reveal is Vinnie's wife?
(a) Goldie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Suzy.
(d) Georgette.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. As Tralala lay unconscious after the men leave at the end of Part IV, what happens to her clothes?
(a) Some kids steal them to sell on the streets.
(b) Some kids tear them to small scraps to roll cigarettes.
(c) Some kids steal them for themselves.
(d) Some kids rip them off her to make into a scarf.

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

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

14. During the strike, how does Harry feel?
(a) He feels happy to not be working.
(b) He feels anxious about not getting paid.
(c) He feels a sense of importance and accomplishment.
(d) He feels depressed about not working enough.

15. Where does Harry work?
(a) A steel factory.
(b) A coal mine.
(c) A doctor's office.
(d) The supermarket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Realizing his wife has locked the bathroom door, what does Vinnie do rather than patiently wait until she is finished?

2. Who is Mike Kelly's wife?

3. How would you describe Mike's wife?

4. What does Harry do when his wife, Mary, walks into the room where Harry has just touched his son inappropriately?

5. What name does Tralala call the men at the nicer bars?

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