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

2. What does Tracey tell Brucie are his two choices regarding his marriage to Cynthia?
(a) Go to school or get a job.
(b) Get clean or get lost.
(c) Move out or commit.
(d) Get sober or get out.

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) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. In what year does Brucie say his father had picked his last bale of cotton?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1938.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Cynthia?

2. What ethnicity is Tracey?

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

4. What position does Oscar hold at the bar?

5. What type of pet does Jason have that he says Father Hunt at the homeless shelter allows him to keep?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jason feel about his relationship with his mom Tracey in 2000?

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

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

4. How is the theme of racial tension presented by the playwright before any dialogue is even spoken?

5. Explain the different reactions of Chris and Jason to their respective post-prison stresses.

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

7. What is the author's purpose in using Tracey's character to express racist views directly to Oscar, rather than using a character like Jessie?

8. How does Jason demonstrate a lack of awareness about white privilege during his conversation about college with Chris?

9. In what ways are Chris and Cynthia shown to have similar characteristics?

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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