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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. What is the title of Part IV?

3. Towards the end of Part IV, which bar does Tralala end up returning to?

4. How old was Tralala when she first had sex?

5. What is Tralala's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Vinnie do in Coda in reaction to his wife using their apartment bathroom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write an essay analyzing and describing Brooklyn as described through the characters' perspectives in the novel. How do the characters' relationships with each other help define what Brooklyn represents?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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