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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Andy Paris
(c) Robert Brill
(d) Doug Laws

2. The waitress Debbie claims to have been born in what year in Act 1?
(a) 1966
(b) 1947
(c) 1954
(d) 1938

3. According to the author in the Author’s Note, during the development of the play, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie how many times to conduct interviews?
(a) 2
(b) 11
(c) 6
(d) 9

4. Doc O’Connor claims that the trains that go by where he lives pass every how many minutes in Act 1?
(a) 13
(b) 35
(c) 58
(d) 22

5. What did the Welcome to Laramie sign say the population was when the Tectonic Theater Project members arrived, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?
(a) 26,687
(b) 15,231
(c) 39,429
(d) 75,933

Short Answer Questions

1. When was James Byrd, Jr. born?

2. What question does Sergeant Hing say the reporter asked him, completely missing the point, in Act 1?

3. Who claims in Act 1, “But Wyoming, unless you’re a professional, well, the bulk of the people are working minimum-wage jobs”?

4. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

5. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?

(see the answer key)

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