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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was James Byrd, Jr. murdered?
(a) Omaha, Nebraska
(b) Pueblo, Colorado
(c) Phoenix, Arizona
(d) Jasper, Texas

2. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?
(a) 27
(b) 50
(c) 140
(d) 100

3. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that all the towns of southern Wyoming are laid out and spaced because of what coming through?
(a) Buffalo
(b) The Pony Express
(c) The railroad
(d) The weather

4. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard’s major injuries upon arrival at the hospital consisted of a skull fracture and what?
(a) Hypothermia
(b) Lung collapse
(c) An amputated arm
(d) Gunshot wounds

5. How many weeks after the murder of Matthew Shepard did the author and members of the Tectonic Theater Project travel to Laramie, Wyoming to collect interviews?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 0

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Act 1 says, “It’s hard to talk about Laramie now, to tell you what Laramie is, for us”?

2. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?

3. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?

4. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

5. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?

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