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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Chris give for not telling Jason his plans to attend college?
(a) He knew Jason would make fun of him.
(b) He did not want Jason to feel ashamed.
(c) He thought Jason would want to come along.
(d) He thought Jason would be jealous of him.

2. What does Stan say is at the core of everything?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Human decency.
(d) Truth.

3. What adjective does Brucie use to describe how Chris has always been?
(a) Better.
(b) Loyal.
(c) Smart.
(d) Jealous.

4. What is the name of Chris's girlfriend?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Chyanne.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Monique.

5. Who changes the locks and does not provide Jason with a key once he turns 21 years old?
(a) Tracey.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Brucie.

6. What ethnicity is Cynthia?
(a) African-American.
(b) White American.
(c) Italian-American.
(d) Japanese-American.

7. What does Chris say he had expected Jason to do when Jason saw Chris walking quickly toward him?
(a) Turn away.
(b) Put up his fists.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Run toward Chris.

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

9. What does Stan say he had respected about Olstead's method of running the factory that none of the newer managers use?
(a) He asked the workers what they needed in order to be more efficient.
(b) He minded his own business in his office.
(c) He spent money on maintaining the machines.
(d) He spent time on the floor with the workers.

10. What physical ailment does the bartender have when we first meet him in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He is blind in one eye.
(b) He has a pronounced limp.
(c) He has a prosthetic leg.
(d) He is hard of hearing.

11. What name does Brucie call Tracey when she is trying to get him to stop bothering Cynthia at the bar?
(a) Mouth.
(b) Spaz.
(c) Meddler.
(d) Chatterbox.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What does Tracey say was the event that sent Jessie into the depths of alcoholism?
(a) Her ex-husband getting remarried.
(b) Her husband dying.
(c) Her father dying.
(d) Her mother dying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What signs does Jason display that let Evan know Jason has been in a fight?

3. Where does Cynthia say she is planning to take a vacation when she saves up enough money?

4. What event does Cynthia imply had initially led Brucie to fall prey to drug addiction?

5. Who has Brucie come to the bar to see when he is first told that Chris has gained admittance to college?

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