Between Riverside and Crazy Test | Final Test - Hard

Stephen Adly Guirgis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Between Riverside and Crazy Test | Final Test - Hard

Stephen Adly Guirgis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 are Junior and Lulu doing in the opening of Act 1, Scene 4?

2. What does Pops tell Lulu to take with her when she goes in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What season is described in the stage directions when Pops appears in Act 2, Scene 4?

4. What setting is established for Act 2, Scene 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the playwright indicate the transition between the scene with Junior, Lulu, and Oswaldo to the scene with Pops and the Church Lady in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. Who is Mo Lubenthal and why does Pops want to contact him in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. How is the setting for Act 2, Scene 3 described?

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

5. What conflict occurs between Junior and the Church Lady in Act 2, Scene 3? Why does this conflict emerge?

6. How is the setting described for Act 2, Scene 2?

7. Where is Lulu departing in Act 2, Scene 1? Why?

8. How does the Church Lady convince Pops to take Communion in Act 2, Scene 1?

9. What causes the conflict between Oswaldo and Pops in Act 1, Scene 5?

10. What is the time frame of Act 1, Scene 4 in relation to the scenes around it?

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

What is symbolically represented by O'Connor's engagement ring in Between Riverside and Crazy? What happens to the ring? Why is this significant?

Essay Topic 3

What information does Lulu reveal to Pops in Act 1, Scene 2? Why is this information significant to the plot of the story? How does Pops respond to the information that Lulu reveals?

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