Between Riverside and Crazy Quiz

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Which event, spoken of earlier in the play, is clearly echoed (both ironically and literally) by the conversation between Junior and Pops at the end of Act 2, Scene 2? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

Pops' fight with Lulu, in which Lulu was cursed at and thrown out.

Pops' fight with Junior, in which Pops apologized to Junior and asked him to move in.

Oswaldo's fight with his father, in which Oswaldo was cursed at and thrown out.

Oswaldo's fight with Lulu, in which Oswaldo was cursed at and thrown out.

What seems to be the key difference between the journey that Pops is about to take at the end of the play and the journeys apparently taken by his father? (from Act 2, Scene 4)

Pops' wife will be waiting for him to come home: his father's wife didn't wait.

Pops is leaving everything behind, as opposed to his father, who took Pops' brother along with him.

Pops is planning to return, where his father never did.

Pops is taking something along with him, whereas his own father left everything behind.

At this point in the play, what is the most likely reason that Pops is so determined to stay in his apartment? (from Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2)

It's the only place he can find that will take a dog.

It was in his wife's will that he had to stay, or else he wouldn't inherit her money.

It's the only place he can find that has room for all his "children".

It's rent controlled, and he only has to pay a relatively low amount of money to stay there.

What is the most likely reason that being on the roof represents, in the play and for the characters, hope and possibility? (from Act 1, Scene 2)

Someone can look down on the people below: have a sense of control.

Someone can look across the roofs of other houses: have a sense of superiority.

Someone can see more of the sky more clearly: it's more open.

Someone can jump from one roof to another: have a sense of danger.

Who has Oswaldo had such a bad encounter with that he treats Pops so aggressively? (from Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5)

His own father.

Another police officer.

Lieutenant Caro.

Junior.