Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ada want to do once she goes to the park, watching the children play?
2. Who does the union president hire to take care of unsavory business that caused violence to erupt?
3. At the union meeting, what does Harry promise the workers?
4. At the end of Coda, who does Abe meet at a club called Mel's?
5. After Lucy confronts her children, what does a neighbor inform Lucy about?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mike reward himself for changing his baby's diaper in Coda?
2. 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?
3. After Abraham drops his nice car off at the garage, where does he go and what does he tell everyone?
4. When Harry meets Vinnie, Sal, and Malfie at the Greek diner, what does he ask them about?
5. What is Harry's role once the workers at the steel factory decide to go on strike?
6. At the beginning of Part V, what does Harry Black do to his son?
7. How does Harry feel about his relationship with Alberta?
8. As the strike continues, how do the police act towards the workers on strike?
9. Why does the doggie return to the Greek diner to see Tralala?
10. When a "doggie" enters the Greek diner one night, what does Tralala notice about him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the theme of violence in Last Exit to Brooklyn. How does violence affect the characters? Why do many of the characters resort to violence in the first place?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why do you think the author chose to write about gender and sexuality in Last Exit to Brooklyn? What connections during the time at which the novel was written might he be making?
|
This section contains 932 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
