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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the workers picket, what does Harry do?

2. As violence erupts at the factory during the strike, what happens to the workers?

3. What does the Officer purchase for Tralala?

4. How would you describe Mike's wife?

5. How did other girls in Tralala's neighborhood feel about her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Ada morn for in Coda? Who does she miss?

6. What do Tralala, Tony, and Al do to the doggie when he returns to the Greek diner?

7. Rather than steal money, what does Tralala realize will earn her more money?

8. After Abraham drops his nice car off at the garage, where does he go and what does he tell everyone?

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

10. As the strike continues, how do the police act towards the workers on strike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing and then analyzing Georgette's relationship to her mother and brother in the novel. How do these relationships impact her life? Why is Arthur so aggressive towards Georgette?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze any one of the character's self confidence and how it shifts and changes throughout Last Exit to Brooklyn. How do others' opinions and expectations of this character reinforce or diminish his/her sense of self, confidence, and self-esteem? What impact do these experiences have on this character emotionally?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining the end of Last Exit to Brooklyn. Which characters become at peace with themselves? Who never accepts themselves or their situation? Why are they accepted or rejected?

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