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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Living room.
(b) Pops's bedroom.
(c) Kitchen table.
(d) The roof.

2. Whom does Pops call for assistance in getting to the bathroom in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Caro.
(b) Lulu.
(c) O'Connor.
(d) Junior.

3. Who has come by to visit Pops during his illness in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Dolores and Glenda.
(b) Mo Lubenstein.
(c) Lulu and Glenda.
(d) O'Connor and Caro.

4. What is Oswaldo's condition when he enters in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He is bloodied.
(c) He is sobbing.
(d) He is stoned.

5. What is one of the key themes in Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Childhood abandonment.
(b) The consequences of Alzheimer's disease.
(c) Parent-child relationships.
(d) Obsession with nature.

6. What is Pops doing in the opening of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Calling out for Junior.
(b) Drinking and singing.
(c) Smoking marijuana.
(d) Reading a newspaper.

7. What does Oswaldo apologize for when he enters in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Yelling at Lulu.
(b) Missing dinner.
(c) Getting arrested.
(d) Stealing Pops's car.

8. Where does the Church Lady say she is from in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Nigeria.

9. Dialogue in Act 2, Scene 1 reveals that the Church Lady is visiting Pops instead of whom?
(a) Anna.
(b) Diane.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Glenda.

10. What does Oswaldo do after entering in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) He vomits on the floor.
(b) He calls out for Junior.
(c) He calls out for Lulu.
(d) He calls his father.

11. What setting is established for Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Kitchen table.
(b) Pops's bedroom.
(c) The roof.
(d) Living room.

12. By what name is Pops referred to in the stage directions in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Walter.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Marshal.
(d) James.

13. What is the Church Lady's ethnicity?
(a) She is African American.
(b) She is Latina.
(c) She is Haitian.
(d) She is Native American.

14. What does Oswaldo say he was threatened with in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A knife.
(b) A whip.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A gun.

15. Where is Lulu going in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) To see her father.
(b) To visit Oswaldo.
(c) To the doctor.
(d) To visit Junior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of Between Riverside and Crazy?

2. Why does the Church Lady say she initially came to visit Pops in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. What setting is established for Act 1, Scene 4?

4. What is revealed about Caro's father in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. What does the Church Lady confess to be in Act 2, Scene 4?

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