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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 is Lulu supposedly studying?
(a) Biology.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Pre-med.

2. With whom does Lulu say she has an understanding in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Her Higher Power.
(b) Oswaldo.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

4. Pops tells Junior in Act 1, Scene 3 that Moms was his superior in every way except for what exception?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Helping with homework.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Cleaning.

5. What type of chair is Pops sitting in at the opening of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A wingback chair.
(b) A recliner.
(c) A wheelchair.
(d) A folding chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What setting is established in the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

2. Who are the lawyers that Pops has hired in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What did Pops give to the man with the knife in his head on the way to the hospital, according to the story in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What time is it when Junior enters in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the main details of the lawsuit Pops is involved with?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Caro insinuate about Junior, Lulu, and Oswaldo in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

(see the answer keys)

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