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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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) Yale.
(d) Northwestern.

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

4. How many generations of Stan's family have worked at Olstead's?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Tracey?

2. What ethnicity is Oscar?

3. What position does Oscar hold at the bar?

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

5. Where does Chris stay immediately after he gets out of prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jason and Chris view travel differently during the earlier of the two eras depicted in the play?

2. How does Brucie's experience at the union office again display the theme of racial tension?

3. Why does Cynthia decide to pursue the open management position at Olstead's?

4. During the conversation about the open management position, how does Cynthia and Tracey's relationship experience a noticeable shift?

5. What event causes the first rift within Chris's and Jason's friendship in February of 2000?

6. What is Nottage's purpose in depicting Stan and Tracey as having been involved sexually before they became friends?

7. How is the theme of abject desperation demonstrated through Stan's reporting of the newspaper story about town citizen Freddy Brunner?

8. How does the theme of silence appear within the conversation that Jason and Chris have about college?

9. What is Nottage's purpose for including the character of Jessie within the narrative?

10. What does Chris mean when he says, "A man gotta have one vice that keeps him hungry" (30), and how is his choice of vice different from his father Brucie's?

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