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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 is Cynthia's first reaction to being called names by Jessie and Tracey during the factory lock-out?
(a) She wants to get into a physical fight.
(b) She wants to cry.
(c) She wants to leave.
(d) She wants to quit her management job.

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

3. What does Tracey say Cynthia can tell the managers she will do before she lets them take her life away?
(a) Move away.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Shoot up the factory.
(d) Burn the factory down.

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) A success club.
(b) An exclusive club.
(c) A happiness club.
(d) A private club.

5. Why has Cynthia had to move to a different residence during the time Chris has been in prison?
(a) Brucie had been stalking her.
(b) She had fallen behind on mortgage payments.
(c) The house had been sold.
(d) The house had been infested with dangerous black mold.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many weeks has Chris been out of prison before he comes to see his mother Cynthia?

2. How much money does Tracey say is all she can give Jason to get him started when he returns from prison?

3. To what country does Cynthia say that Olstead's could move the factory if the union does not agree to a contract amenable to both parties?

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

5. How many employees did the City of Reading fire in May of 2000, as stated in the news briefing at the start of Scene 5 of Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is overlapping dialogue used to indicate closeness between characters at Jessie's birthday party?

2. What kind of philosophy about life does Chris express when Cynthia starts to express her anger toward Jason for his role in Chris's incarceration?

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

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

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

6. What emotion does Cynthia express to Chris that she has been feeling since his incarceration?

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

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

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

10. In addition to hearing about his mother Tracey's newfound addiction from a neighbor, what evidence of her addiction does he find when he visits her for the first time since his release from prison?

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