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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) Taking them to a friend's apartment to play.
(b) Trying to control their inappropriate game playing.
(c) Taking them to see their father.
(d) Feeding them dinner.

2. Who waits behind to try to have a turn having sex with Tralala?
(a) Freddie.
(b) Some neighborhood kids.
(c) Alex.
(d) VInnie.

3. 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 become depressed.
(d) They help the men's cause by making new picket signs and creating a list of their own demands.

4. After sex with his wife in Part V, what does Harry dream about during his sleep?
(a) His mother attacking Mary.
(b) Dolphins attacking him.
(c) Harpies attacking him.
(d) His son dying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tralala refuse to do with boys when she was younger?

2. Where is Lucy when the narrator switches back to her story in Coda?

3. At the beginning of Part IV, who arrives at the Greek diner who Tralala was not expecting?

4. What does Ada wake up thinking about in Coda?

5. What does Harry do when he goes to a bar that is predominantly frequented by drag queens and transgender folks?

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

3. How does Harry feel about his relationship with Alberta?

4. What happens to Harry and Joey at the end of Part V?

5. Why does Harry eventually have to talk to Mr. Harrington, his manager?

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

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

8. At the beginning of Part V, what does Harry Black do to his son?

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

10. How does the narrator describe how Tralala views sex?

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