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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Jason call Chris at the end of their conversation about college?
(a) Asshole.
(b) Bitch.
(c) Snake.
(d) Jerk.

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

3. 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.

4. Who is the bartender at the bar that serves as main setting within the play's narrative?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Otto.
(c) Stan.
(d) Brucie.

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

6. What tool does Chris say he primarily uses in his job at Olstead's?
(a) An awl.
(b) A saw.
(c) A jackhammer.
(d) A blowtorch.

7. What ethnicity is Oscar?
(a) Mexican-American.
(b) Venezuelan-American.
(c) Columbian-American.
(d) Chilean-American.

8. At the start of Act 1, Scene 4, how many weeks does Brucie tell Stan he and the other workers have been locked out of the plant?
(a) 93.
(b) 52.
(c) 36.
(d) 72.

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

10. Who has Brucie come to the bar to see when he is first told that Chris has gained admittance to college?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Chris.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Tracey.

11. On what holiday does Cynthia say she and her husband Brucie had briefly reconciled before he robbed her home?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) The Fourth of July.

12. 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) Stars and bars tattoos.
(c) Maori tattoos.
(d) White supremacy tattoos.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the bartender takes Jessie's keys away, where does he put them?

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

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

4. What ailment does Cynthia say she is now experiencing after so many years working on the factory floor?

5. What items does Chris collect as a young man before he is incarcerated?

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