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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. How does Lieutenant Caro describe Pops in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) "A glorified dictator of the beat" (20).
(b) "A wild one" (20).
(c) "One of the great ones" (20).
(d) "A retired old sod" (20).

2. What is Pops's last name?
(a) White.
(b) Smith.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Washington.

3. What theater company originally produced Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Horizon Theater Company.
(b) Roundabout Theatre Company.
(c) Atlantic Theater Company.
(d) Labyrinth Theater Company.

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

5. The stage directions in the play's opening describe Pops's home as "a rent-controlled Palace ruled by" what (4)?
(a) "A lost old man."
(b) "A fallen dictator."
(c) "A retired police officer."
(d) "A grieving despot King."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shot Pops?

2. How does Lulu say she thinks Junior feels about the baby in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who is the doctor in the building that Pops insists in taking Lulu to see in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What objective does Pops accuse O'Connor and Caro of having in their action of trying to convince him against his pursuit with the city in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What does Junior say he will drop off when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Pops involved with Lubenthal and Lubenthal?

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

3. What is revealed about Junior's past in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What is the status of Pops's family at the opening of the play?

5. How is the setting described for Act 1, Scene 2?

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

7. What joke does Lieutenant Caro relate in the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

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

9. What promise does Pops make to Lulu in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

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