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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 circus.
(b) Like a zoo.
(c) Like a ghost town.
(d) Like a prison yard.

2. To what school does Chris tell Jason he has gained admittance once he pursues the school's teaching program?
(a) Fulbright.
(b) Albright.
(c) Northwestern.
(d) Yale.

3. 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?
(a) 30%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 25%.

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

5. What kind of tattoos does Jason have on his face during the later of the two eras depicted in the play?
(a) Stars and bars tattoos.
(b) White supremacy tattoos.
(c) Grape Street Crip tattoos.
(d) Maori tattoos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does Cynthia make in order to refer to race when she is telling Tracey not to make their argument about racial issues?

2. What position does Oscar hold at the bar?

3. What does Stan say is at the core of everything?

4. How old was Jessie when she first started working at Olstead's?

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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