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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. What does Pops tell Lulu they will be having for dinner in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What activity does O'Connor suggest Lulu is engaging in, in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. What does the gorilla order at the bar in the joke from Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Against what/whom has Pops been involved in a lawsuit?

5. What does Junior tell Pops and Oswaldo not to mess with when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Junior criticize his father when he enters in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What joke does Lieutenant Caro relate in the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

3. How does Pops describe Lulu when discussing her with Oswaldo in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What is revealed about Junior's past in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. How does Lulu respond when Pops asks her about getting a job in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. How is Pops' apartment described in the stage directions for Act 1?

7. What does the wheelchair symbolically represent in the play?

8. What promise does Pops make to Lulu in Act 1, Scene 2?

9. What is the status of Pops's family at the opening of the play?

10. How did Caro obtain the money for the engagement ring? How much did it cost?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Pops' ongoing civil lawsuit in Between Riverside and Crazy. What are the circumstances of the lawsuit? For how long has the suit been awaiting settlement? What obstacles does Pops face with the settlement?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Lulu in Between Riverside and Crazy. How is Lulu's character introduced? What are her relationships like with Junior and Pops? How does Lulu's character change in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the dead Christmas tree that is described in the stage directions for several scenes? What do you think this object symbolizes? Why?

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