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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 is Pops' real first name, according to the stage directions in the play's opening?
2. How does Lieutenant Caro describe Pops in Act 1, Scene 3?
3. Pops tells Junior in Act 1, Scene 3 that Moms was his superior in every way except for what exception?
4. Who is the doctor in the building that Pops insists in taking Lulu to see in Act 1, Scene 2?
5. What time of day was it when Pops was shot?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lulu respond when Pops asks her about getting a job in Act 1, Scene 2?
2. Why does Pops ask for the butter knife in the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
3. What is the relationship between Pops and Detective O'Connor?
4. What are the circumstances of Pops' dispute with his landlord?
5. What does Pops ask that makes Lulu hurt and angry in Act 1, Scene 2?
6. What are Pops and Lulu doing in the opening of Act 1, Scene 2? Why?
7. What is significant about the objects that Junior is carrying when he enters in Act 1, Scene 1?
8. How would you describe Junior's behavior in the first half of Act 1, Scene 3?
9. What is revealed about Junior's past in Act 1, Scene 1?
10. How is Lulu's character introduced? What do the stage directions indicate regarding Lulu's appearance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of parent-child relationships in Between Riverside and Crazy. How is this theme developed through character? How is the theme developed through setting, symbolism, and imagery?
Essay Topic 2
What has led to the conflict that Pops has with his landlord? What are the options that Pops has for resolving this conflict? Is the conflict resolved in the course of the play? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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