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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. Who is celebrating a birthday in the bar when Cynthia arrives late and apologizes?
(a) Brucie.
(b) Tracey.
(c) Chris.
(d) Jessie.

2. Who alerts Jason that his mother Tracey has become addicted to drugs when he first arrives back from prison?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Stan.
(c) Bill.
(d) Fat Henry.

3. What does Cynthia tell Tracey to do if she has a problem with Cynthia?
(a) Complain to the boss.
(b) Consider them to be strangers from now on.
(c) Tell her.
(d) Stop hanging out with her.

4. For what action does Tracey suggest that the Olstead bosses get rewarded with tax breaks?
(a) Using clean energy.
(b) Laying off workers.
(c) Hiring minorities.
(d) Providing safety training.

5. In addition to her car payments, what other bill is Cynthia most concerned about being able to pay?
(a) Chris's tuition bill.
(b) Her electric bill.
(c) Her mortgage.
(d) Brucie's rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which state had Jessie and her boyfriend Felix planned to end up in after hitchhiking their way across the country?

2. What item does Oscar produce in order to prove to Tracey that Olstead's is advertising employment opportunities?

3. When Chris and Jason are watching the Olympics in the bar, what sport does Jason say is not a sport?

4. When Cynthia asks Tracey where she heard that Olstead would be engaging in lay-offs, where does Tracey say she heard the news?

5. What does Chris say is the reason he did not enroll in college fall semester?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Oscar's true purpose for going outside where Tracey is smoking outside of the bar?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. After the factory lock-out, what hypothesis does Cynthia share with Stan about why she may have been hired in the first place?

8. How does the mood of Jessie's birthday party change when Tracey arrives?

9. Describe the difference between Jessie's reaction to Cynthia's promotion and Tracey's reaction to Cynthia's promotion?

10. How does the playwright demonstrate through Brucie's struggle that people in town look out for one another?

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