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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in the play is described as a recovering alcoholic?
(a) Lulu.
(b) Caro.
(c) O'Connor.
(d) Oswaldo.

2. Who played the role of Pops in the original production of Between Riverside and Crazy?
(a) Ron Cephas Jones.
(b) Austin Pendleton.
(c) Victor Almanzar.
(d) Stephen McKinley Henderson.

3. What does Junior tell Pops and Oswaldo not to mess with when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) His gun.
(b) His dog.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His box.

4. What was Pops's profession before he retired?
(a) He was a police officer.
(b) He was an accountant.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a banker.

5. Lulu insists to Pops in Act 1, Scene 2 that he start taking his medications for what conditions?
(a) Epilepsy and high blood pressure.
(b) Depression and anxiety.
(c) Cancer and high blood pressure.
(d) Glaucoma, diabetes, heart, and blood pressure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Pops and Lulu doing in the opening of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Which of the following characters is revealed to have spent time in prison in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What setting is indicated for the opening of Act 1, Scene 1?

4. How does Pops say Junior feels about kids in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is Oswaldo going to make amends with in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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