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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. Where does Chris stay immediately after he gets out of prison?
(a) In his car.
(b) In a rehabilitation facility.
(c) In a homeless shelter.
(d) In a church rectory.

2. For how many years did Stan work at Olstead's before he was injured?
(a) 28.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 32.

3. What record-breaking event does the playwright indicate has just happened at the start of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Reading, Pennsylvania is experiencing a heatwave that is breaking temperature records.
(b) A record number of students of color have been enrolled in fall courses at Penn State.
(c) The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen by a record-breaking amount.
(d) A record number of state employees in Pennsylvania have been laid off.

4. When the bartender takes Jessie's keys away, where does he put them?
(a) In the trash.
(b) In the toilet.
(c) In his pocket.
(d) In a key jar on the bar shelf.

5. What does Brucie show Cynthia in order to prove he is in a treatment program?
(a) A sobriety coin.
(b) A flyer about a treatment program.
(c) A note from his parole officer.
(d) A letter from a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Tracey?

2. What does Tracey say was the event that sent Jessie into the depths of alcoholism?

3. What position does Oscar hold at the bar?

4. Who is the bartender at the bar that serves as main setting within the play's narrative?

5. What type of pet does Jason have that he says Father Hunt at the homeless shelter allows him to keep?

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