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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ada wake up thinking about in Coda?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend.
(c) Her children.
(d) The weather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ada want to do once she goes to the park, watching the children play?

2. What is Harry Black doing at the beginning of Part V when he touches his son inappropriately?

3. Where does Tralala go to look for other rich Officers in Part IV?

4. How much extra money do the union workers receive for picketing?

5. How old was Tralala when she first had sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. Towards the end of Coda, what do Vinnie and Mary fight over?

2. How does Coda end? Which characters get into a fight?

3. At the beginning of Coda, why is Irene angry at her husband, Mike Kelly?

4. What does Vinnie do in Coda in reaction to his wife using their apartment bathroom?

5. What does Ada notice in Coda as she wakes up in the morning?

6. How does the man who the narrator calls "Officer" treat Tralala? What do they do together?

7. What does Mary, Harry's wife, believe is the reason her husband is upset?

8. What is Harry's role once the workers at the steel factory decide to go on strike?

9. What happens the following day after the doggie returns to the Greek diner?

10. When a "doggie" enters the Greek diner one night, what does Tralala notice about him?

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