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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Scenes 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 state employees in Pennsylvania have been laid off.
(c) Reading, Pennsylvania is experiencing a heatwave that is breaking temperature records.
(d) A record number of students of color have been enrolled in fall courses at Penn State.

2. What advice does Cynthia offer to Jessie and Tracey regarding the contract negotiations?
(a) Give the union president time.
(b) Hold out for more money.
(c) Hold out for better benefits.
(d) Take the deal.

3. How many days' pay does Chris say it costs him to buy a meal at the Olive Garden and a night at the movies?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In what year does Act 1, Scene 1 take place?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2008.

5. What word does Chris use to describe the crime that he and Jason committed?
(a) Unforgivable.
(b) Incredible.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Oscar?

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

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

4. What does Tracey say Cynthia can tell the managers she will do before she lets them take her life away?

5. Who tells Chris that she bets he is proud of his mother Cynthia for her recent promotion?

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