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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 does Lincoln study like an alcoholic would a drink in Scene 4?
(a) A letter.
(b) A liquor bottle.
(c) His money.
(d) A pack of cards.

2. What does Booth tell Lincoln he will have to do at the beginning of Scene 6?
(a) Move out.
(b) Bail him out of jail.
(c) Get a new job.
(d) Help him hustle.

3. Why does Lincoln believe he is required to do something that no one else must do at work?
(a) Because he is single.
(b) Because he is black.
(c) Because he is poor.
(d) Because he is old.

4. What does Lincoln use as a urinal at the beginning of Scene 4?
(a) The sink.
(b) The floor.
(c) A cup.
(d) The window.

5. What or who does Lincoln say told him it was time to quit hustling?
(a) His friends.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His intuition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Lincoln not take his eyes off at the end of Scene 4?

2. What has Lincoln not touched since Lonny died?

3. What does Booth tell Lincoln regarding his needing a job in Scene 6?

4. How does Booth react when he discovers what Lincoln had been doing earlier in the day?

5. What does Lincoln's boss require him to do every day that no one else must do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has Lincoln come from when he enters the room at the beginning of Scene 6?

2. What does Lincoln tell Booth regarding finding work in Scene 6?

3. What does Lincoln begin reminiscing about in Scene 4?

4. Describe Lincoln and Booth's first three-card monte game in Scene 6.

5. Describe the end of the scene after Booth goes into a rage at the end of Scene 6.

6. How does Lincoln react when Booth tells him he must move in Scene 6?

7. How does Lincoln react when Booth suggests they form a hustling team in Scene 5?

8. What does Booth announce to Lincoln in regard to Grace in Scene 6?

9. In Scene 5, what is Booth's opinion of his parents abandoning him and Lincoln?

10. In Scene 4 why does Lincoln say he first thought he should stop hustling?

(see the answer keys)

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