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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ethnicity is Brucie?
(a) African-American.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Italian-American.
(d) White.

2. What items does Chris collect as a young man before he is incarcerated?
(a) Sneakers.
(b) Coins.
(c) Shot glasses.
(d) Stamps.

3. What store's window is Chris looking into when he encounters Jason for the first time since their release from prison?
(a) Sneaker Villa.
(b) Sneaker Town.
(c) Sneaker City.
(d) Sneaker Den.

4. Where does Jason say he plans to buy a condo and retire someday?
(a) Palm Beach.
(b) South Beach.
(c) Miami Beach.
(d) Myrtle Beach.

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

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

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

8. How does Stan reveal that his leg had been injured, causing his limp?
(a) He had gotten a bad staph infection.
(b) He had been attacked by a scab during a strike.
(c) His leg got caught in a machine at the mill.
(d) He was in a bad car accident.

9. What type of pet does Jason have that he says Father Hunt at the homeless shelter allows him to keep?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Mice.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Cats.

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

11. In what decade of life is Brucie in the year 2000?
(a) Forties.
(b) Thirties.
(c) Fifties.
(d) Twenties.

12. At what kind of factory does Brucie work?
(a) A textile mill.
(b) A rock quarry.
(c) A shoe factory.
(d) A lumber mill.

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

14. What is the name of the owner of the bar that acts as a main setting within the play?
(a) Brucie.
(b) Howard.
(c) Chris.
(d) Stan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Tracey?

2. Who does Jessie threaten to beat up during Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Stan say is the best thing that has ever happened to him?

4. 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?

5. Who changes the locks and does not provide Jason with a key once he turns 21 years old?

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