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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in the play is described as a recovering alcoholic?
(a) Lulu.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) Oswaldo.
(d) Caro.

2. What is Pops' real first name, according to the stage directions in the play's opening?
(a) Jack.
(b) George.
(c) James.
(d) Walter.

3. Who directed the original production of Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Ron Cephas Jones.
(b) Victor Almanzar.
(c) Austin Pendleton.
(d) Stephen McKinley Henderson.

4. Who played Oswaldo in the original production of Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Victor Almanzar.
(b) Ron Cephas Jones.
(c) Austin Pendleton.
(d) Stephen McKinley Henderson.

5. When did Pops hire a private nurse?
(a) When he was shot.
(b) When his wife fell ill with cancer.
(c) When Junior was shot.
(d) When Oswaldo was shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oswaldo going to make amends with in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What was the name of Pops's wife?

3. The stage directions indicate that Pops's apartment, "if deregulated, would easily fetch" how many times its current rent (4)?

4. What theater company originally produced Between Riverside and Crazy?

5. Who gave Pops the dog?

(see the answer key)

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