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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Booth just come from seeing at the beginning of Scene 3?

2. What does Lincoln tell Booth he will need if he decides to become a hustler?

3. What does Booth suggest he and Lincoln do to make him feel better about his job in Scene 3?

4. What was Lincoln's wife's name?

5. What does Booth unload at the beginning of Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lincoln's appearance described in Scene 1?

2. What reasons does Lincoln give Booth for not wanting to be his hustling partner in Scene 1?

3. What is the nature of Booth and Lincoln's conversation regarding guns in Scene 3?

4. How does Lincoln say he spent the $20 he earned in Scene 1?

5. What does Booth suggest he and Lincoln do to improve his work performance at the end of Scene 3?

6. What does Booth budget the stolen money for in Scene 2?

7. What is Booth's reaction when Lincoln refuses to become his hustling partner near the end of Scene 1?

8. What does Booth say his stolen merchandise will help him accomplish in Scene 2?

9. What is Lincoln's reaction when he sees the stolen items brought in by Booth in Scene 2?

10. In Scene 3, in what way does Booth try and emasculate Lincoln regarding his job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of race in the play. What is the author saying about the nature of race in the lives of these characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the repercussions and significance of Lonny's death in the play. What might his death be representative of?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the nature of Lincoln's job as an impersonator in the play. What significance does this position hold in terms of the theme of the play?

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