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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 doing when Junior arrives that upsets Junior in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. How does Pops say he believes cops secretly feel about themselves in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. What is the punchline of the gorilla joke in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What does Lulu say she is going to be someday in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What nickname did the police give to the perp who Pops says he busted a dozen times for masturbating in public in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the setting described in the stage directions for the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Discuss the theme of justice in Between Riverside and Crazy. How does the playwright develop this theme through setting and imagery in the play? How does the theme relate to character? What symbolism relates to this theme?

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