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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' response when Lulu tells him in Act 1, Scene 2, "I really appreciate you taking me in, Dad" (15)?

2. What theater company originally produced Between Riverside and Crazy?

3. How does Caro say his father died in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What did the repeat offender for public masturbation do with the card that Pops gave to him?

5. What does Pops ask Lulu that upsets her in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lulu respond when Pops asks her about getting a job in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. How did Caro obtain the money for the engagement ring? How much did it cost?

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

4. What is significant about the nicknames characters use to refer to Pops in the play?

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

6. What is significant about the objects that Junior is carrying when he enters in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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