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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. Against what/whom has Pops been involved in a lawsuit?
(a) The City of Baltimore.
(b) The City of New York.
(c) The City of Boston.
(d) The City of Newark.

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

3. When was the rental rate set on Pops's apartment?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1983.

4. What does Junior bring in from the apartment door when he enters in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A letter from his sister.
(b) A flyer for a pizza joint.
(c) A poster for a movie.
(d) A notice from the landlord.

5. What is Pops doing when Junior arrives that upsets Junior in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Making scrambled eggs.
(c) Talking to Oswaldo.
(d) Drinking in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does the bartender charge the gorilla for his drink in the joke from Act 1, Scene 3?

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

4. What does Oswaldo offer Pops to eat in the opening of Act 1, Scene 1?

5. In Act 1, Scene 3, what does Pops claim the man who shot him called him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the circumstances of Pops' dispute with his landlord?

5. How is Lulu's character introduced? What do the stage directions indicate regarding Lulu's appearance?

6. What does Lulu "confess" to Pops in Act 1, Scene 2? How does he respond?

7. What does the knife story reveal about Pops's character in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

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

10. Why do O'Connor and Caro attempt to convince Pops to drop the lawsuit in Act 1, Scene 3?

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