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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 item does Oscar produce in order to prove to Tracey that Olstead's is advertising employment opportunities?
(a) A job application.
(b) A flyer.
(c) A business card.
(d) A phone number.

2. What gesture does Cynthia make in order to refer to race when she is telling Tracey not to make their argument about racial issues?
(a) She points to her own face.
(b) She points to Tracey's face.
(c) She points to her own hand.
(d) She points to Tracey's hand.

3. What do the managers at Olstead's do in order to create an opportunity for contract renegotiation?
(a) They have the factory fumigated.
(b) They repaint the factory walls.
(c) They remove half of the factory's machines.
(d) They send everyone on a week-long vacation.

4. Cynthia tells Stan that when she had first started at Olstead's, she had felt like she had been invited into what kind of club?
(a) An exclusive club.
(b) A happiness club.
(c) A private club.
(d) A success club.

5. What does Cynthia say she used to let slip out onto the counter while she was shopping so that other people could see it?
(a) Her medical card.
(b) Her union card.
(c) Her American Express card.
(d) Her wad of cash.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jason and Chris are leaving to see what is going on at the plant, who stops them to ask for money?

2. What does Chris hold in his hands the first time he comes to see his mother Cynthia after being released from prison?

3. To what kind of vote is Cynthia referring when she tells the factory floor workers that they need to decide what to do soon because the vote is coming?

4. What question does Chris enjoy asking Stan every time he comes in, though he knows the answer?

5. For what items did Jessie collect Green Stamps for a whole year in her youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cynthia's reaction to the distance Chris is trying to maintain between them upon his release from prison?

2. How is the danger of nostalgia portrayed in Tracey's long story about her grandfather while she is standing outside of the bar with Oscar?

3. What is Cynthia's response to Tracey's accusation that the bosses have probably sent Cynthia to the bar?

4. What does Tracey mean when she says that Oscar does not know her during their conversation outside the bar?

5. What does Cynthia mean when she compares her new management job at Olstead's to looking at a map?

6. What evidence is there that Tracey did not visit Jason while he was incarcerated and how does this fact contrast with Cynthia's actions?

7. How does the playwright reveal to the audience how serious Jessie had been about her plans to travel the world before she had taken a job at Olstead's at age 18?

8. To what circumstances is Jason referring when he asks Tracey, "How the fuck did this happen?" (66)?

9. What does Cynthia say is the only upside of the trouble at Olstead's during the labor dispute?

10. What does Cynthia say is the reason she has not seen Tracey and Jessie as often as she used to before the labor dispute?

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