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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: Scenes 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is passed out drunk on the table the first time the bar acts as a setting within the play's narrative?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Tracey.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Stan.

3. Who has moved away from Reading, Pennsylvania in order to open a bed-and-breakfast?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Juan.
(c) Freddy.
(d) Garth.

4. What signs does Jason display that let Evan know Jason has been in a fight?
(a) A broken hand and a split lip.
(b) A black eye and a split lip.
(c) A black eye and a broken arm.
(d) A bruised cheek and a missing tooth.

5. For how many years has Cynthia worked on the factory floor before she applies for the management position?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 36.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cynthia tells Tracey not to think that just because she "went upstairs" (59) that she "can't see [something] on the floor" (60). What does she say she can still see on the floor?

2. What item does Oscar produce in order to prove to Tracey that Olstead's is advertising employment opportunities?

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

4. For what items did Jessie collect Green Stamps for a whole year in her youth?

5. How long does Jessie say she had thought Cynthia would last at Olstead's when she had first started working there?

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