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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. At the final bar in Part IV, what type of music blares on the jukebox?

2. What happens to some of the union workers' wives?

3. At the union meeting, what is one thing the union president promise to the workers?

4. What part of New York City does Tralala decide to bring Harry in Part IV?

5. Where does Harry work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens the following day after the doggie returns to the Greek diner?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select two or three symbols from Last Exit to Brooklyn and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing and defining the idea of community throughout Last Exit to Brooklyn. Select 2-3 characters and describe how each relates or does not relate to his or her community.

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