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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 do Lincoln and Booth begin to do after they discuss getting jobs?
(a) Play a card game.
(b) Drink.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Eat dinner.

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

3. What is Booth ranting about at the beginning of Scene 4?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mistreatment at work.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) Being single.

4. Finish the sentence: "red losers black winner follow thuh deuce of spades chase thuh black _____".
(a) Diamond.
(b) Card.
(c) Deuce.
(d) Spade.

5. What did Booth say his and Lincoln's parents keeping up in terms of family life?
(a) The act.
(b) The pain.
(c) The torture.
(d) The charade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Booth announce to Lincoln at the beginning of Scene 6?

2. How late is the person Booth is waiting for at the beginning of Scene 5?

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

4. What does Lincoln study like an alcoholic would a drink in Scene 4?

5. What does Lincoln hold up for Booth to see near the end of Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Booth's appearance in his room at the beginning of Scene 5.

4. What does Lincoln say about hustling in Scene 4?

5. What reasons do the brothers give for why their parents left in Scene 5?

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

7. What is the nature of Lincoln's playing with cards at the end of Scene 4?

8. What is Lincoln's complaint regarding his work costume in Scene 4?

9. Why does Lincoln tell Booth they should play cards with real money in Scene 6?

10. What does Lincoln say about his job as an impersonator when Booth questions him about it in Scene 6?

(see the answer keys)

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