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

2. How is Pops's appearance described in the opening of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) He is wearing his police uniform and an overcoat.
(b) He is in pajamas and a bathrobe.
(c) He has a bandage over his eye and he is holding a cane.
(d) He is dressed in a suit and tie.

3. How does Pops describe his action of having lived his life in reaction to his father in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) As a success.
(b) As a shadow.
(c) As a failure.
(d) As one of longing.

4. What did Pops take with him when he left, as revealed in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) His guitar.
(b) The cat.
(c) His brother.
(d) The dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name is Pops referred to in the stage directions in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. How does Pops say he felt about his father in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What does Oswaldo demand angrily from Pops at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?

4. When does Act 2, Scene 4 take place in relation to the previous scene?

5. What must Pops do to reach the agreement for the settlement in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pops describe the circumstances of his injuries in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Where has Oswaldo been when he returns in Act 1, Scene 5?

3. Why is Junior leaving in Act 1, Scene 4? Where is he going?

4. What is symbolized by Pops's departure in the end of Act 2, Scene 4?

5. What is the main stipulation surrounding Pops's lawsuit?

6. When and where do the stage directions indicate Act 2, Scene 4 begins?

7. What does the Church Lady confess to Pops in Act 2, Scene 4?

8. What are Pops's "last wishes" that he relates to Junior in Act 2, Scene 2?

9. What does the Church Lady ask Pops for money for in Act 2, Scene 1?

10. Where in the play do the exposition, rising action, and climax occur?

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