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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: Scenes 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does Jason use to describe Reading High School?
(a) Like a ghost town.
(b) Like a circus.
(c) Like a prison yard.
(d) Like a zoo.

2. What method does Chris tell Evan he is using to keep himself calm and grounded?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Prayer meetings.
(d) Swimming.

3. When Chris and Jason encounter each other for the first time since their release from prison, what action do they take?
(a) They glare at one another and part.
(b) They hug one another.
(c) They punch one another.
(d) They curse at one another.

4. Who does Jessie threaten to beat up during Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Brucie.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Stan.

5. How long did Stan spend in the hospital, during which time no Olstead managers contacted him?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Act 1, Scene 1 take place?

2. What song is used to indicate the earlier of the two eras in which the play's narrative takes place?

3. For how many years have Chris and Jason been imprisoned by the later of the two eras depicted in the play?

4. In what year does Brucie say his father had picked his last bale of cotton?

5. How much of a pay cut does Brucie say that he and the other workers had offered to take, but was still refused by their company?

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