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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. To where did Tralala often take men for sex?
(a) The park.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) The Greek diner.
(d) The bus station.

2. What does Harry purchase for the workers during the strike?
(a) Kegs of beer.
(b) New uniforms.
(c) Fresh vegetables for the workers' families.
(d) Prositutes.

3. What does Harry do when his wife, Mary, walks into the room where Harry has just touched his son inappropriately?
(a) Jumps and clenches his fists.
(b) Pulls away from his son quickly.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Throws a book at the wall.

4. How much extra money do the union workers receive for picketing?
(a) $5/week.
(b) $1/day.
(c) None.
(d) $10/day.

5. In what state is Tralala's body at the end of Part IV?
(a) Fit and in shape.
(b) Tired and aching.
(c) Clean and well groomed.
(d) Bloody and bruised.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Vinnie accidentally urinate when he can no longer wait for his wife to finish in the bathroom?

2. As the summer stretches on, what happens to the union workers in Part V?

3. What type of mood overcomes Harry when he wife enters the room at the beginning of Part V?

4. Who does Harry first have sex with after he goes to the bar in Part V?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Harry meets Vinnie, Sal, and Malfie at the Greek diner, what does he ask them about?

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

3. Towards the end of Coda, what do Vinnie and Mary fight over?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Coda end? Which characters get into a fight?

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

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

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