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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Junior tell Pops and Oswaldo not to mess with when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) His gun.
(b) His dog.
(c) His box.
(d) His jacket.

2. What does Pops ask Lulu that upsets her in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He asks her if she will get married.
(b) He asks her if her father knows.
(c) He asks if the baby is Junior's.
(d) He asks her if she is a prostitute.

3. What time is it when Junior enters in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) 10:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 8:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

4. Where was Pops when he was shot?
(a) At home.
(b) On the street outside his home.
(c) At a bar.
(d) In the police station.

5. Who gave Pops the dog?
(a) Junior.
(b) The Church Lady.
(c) Lulu.
(d) Pops's wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pops ask Lulu if she is considering getting in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What is Pops doing when Junior arrives that upsets Junior in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Who played Oswaldo in the original production of Between Riverside and Crazy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Pops and Lulu doing in the opening of Act 1, Scene 2? Why?

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

3. How is Pops's race a factor in his circumstances with his former job?

4. What is the relationship between Pops and Detective O'Connor?

5. How is the setting described in the stage directions for the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

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

7. What is significant about the nicknames characters use to refer to Pops in the play?

8. Why does Pops ask for the butter knife in the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

10. Why is Pops' dog significant in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer keys)

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