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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. 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 dies.
(d) She is knocked unconscious.

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

3. What does the Officer enjoy about Tralala?
(a) Her modesty.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her ingenuity.
(d) Her kindness.

4. Who does the union president hire to take care of unsavory business that caused violence to erupt?
(a) Tommy and Spook.
(b) Vinnie and Harry.
(c) Vinnie and Sal.
(d) Georgette and Goldie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike realize he needs to do in order to sleep more in Coda?

2. How does management feel about Harry and his presence at work?

3. When Tralala arrives at the bar towards the end of Part IV, what disappoints her?

4. What part of New York City does Tralala decide to bring Harry in Part IV?

5. Where does Harry work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lucy embarrassed to tell the laundromat manager that her kids poured too much soup into the washing machine?

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

3. At the end of Part IV, when Tralala returns to the bar Willie's, what happens to her body?

4. Why does the doggie return to the Greek diner to see Tralala?

5. How does Mike reward himself for changing his baby's diaper in Coda?

6. At the beginning of Part IV, how does the narrator describe the tactics Tralala used to get money from sailors?

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

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

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

10. When the Officer has to leave, what does he give Tralala as a parting gift?

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