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

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

3. At the nice bars, what does Tralala say about the Officer's "dames"?

4. What does Tralala think about as she is in the cab with the man who wants to have sex with her in Part IV?

5. To whom does Ada reflect on her life as she wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As Mike sleeps in bed in Coda, what does he dream about before he is forced to wake up and take care of his crying baby?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Harry's new role during the factory strike make him feel?

10. What is Harry's work routine at the steel factory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What character changes in Last Exit to Brooklyn? What character does not change in the novel? What distracts this character from understanding him/herself and what makes this character feel whole, completely his/herself?

Essay Topic 2

Tralala believes sex is just sex, and a good way to earn money. Explain Tralala's frustration with the upper class women whom she comes into contact with in the novel and what it reveals about Tralala's characterization in Last Exit to Brooklyn.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Georgette's relationship with Vinnie. What is the basis of their relationship? Why do the men who hang out at the Greek diner, including Vinnie, simultaneously harass yet admire Georgette?

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