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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lulu eat for breakfast in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. Why is Pops in conflict with the landlord of his apartment building?

5. What does the gorilla order at the bar in the joke from Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Oswaldo and how would you describe his relationship with Pops in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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

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

5. Why is Pops involved with Lubenthal and Lubenthal?

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

7. What does Pops ask that makes Lulu hurt and angry in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Oswaldo in Between Riverside and Crazy. What has led to Oswaldo living in the apartment with Pops? What is revealed of Oswaldo's past? How does Oswaldo's character evolve in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the box that Junior enters with in Act 1, Scene 1 noteworthy? What does the box represent? Does the playwright reveal what is inside the box? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Between Riverside and Crazy. What is the importance of the setting to the plot of the story? What imagery is described in the stage directions for the setting of the play? How does the setting change in the course of the play?

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