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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Detective O'Connor's first name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sarah.

2. What television show does the playwright cite in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Californication.
(b) Shameless.
(c) Mork and Mindy.
(d) Game of Thrones.

3. What does Pops ask Lulu that upsets her in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He asks if the baby is Junior's.
(b) He asks her if she is a prostitute.
(c) He asks her if her father knows.
(d) He asks her if she will get married.

4. To whom did Caro give the engagement ring which he purchased?
(a) The Church Lady.
(b) Detective O'Connor.
(c) Glenda.
(d) Lulu.

5. How much money did Caro spend on the engagement ring that he purchased?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $30,000.

6. Why is Pops having a dispute with his landlord?
(a) The landlord is selling the building.
(b) The landlord is attempting to raise the rent for Pops.
(c) The landlord wants him to move out of the rent-controlled apartment.
(d) The landlord has engaged in money laundering.

7. What season is described in the opening stage directions for Act 1?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

8. What does O'Connor suggest Junior is involved in, in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Cyber hacking.
(b) Performing as a hit-man.
(c) Underground trade of illegal drugs.
(d) Illicit trade in stolen electronics.

9. What is Pops's last name?
(a) Washington.
(b) White.
(c) Smith.
(d) Anderson.

10. What nickname did the police give to the perp who Pops says he busted a dozen times for masturbating in public in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) "Butch Sundance."
(b) "John Wayne."
(c) "Whacky-whacky."
(d) "Wack-a-Mole."

11. Who shot Pops?
(a) A man fleeing a robbery.
(b) A bartender.
(c) A black rookie cop.
(d) A white rookie cop.

12. How does Pops say Junior feels about kids in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He is abusive to kids.
(b) He is afraid of kids.
(c) He hates kids.
(d) He loves kids.

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

14. What does Junior say he will drop off when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A rent check.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A stolen stereo.
(d) Pops's suitcase.

15. Whom does Lulu claim is "sober" in Act 1, Scene 2 (14)?
(a) Junior.
(b) Oswaldo.
(c) Pops.
(d) Moms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gorilla order at the bar in the joke from Act 1, Scene 3?

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

3. What does Junior tell Pops and Oswaldo not to mess with when he leaves Pops's apartment in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Lulu insists to Pops in Act 1, Scene 2 that he start taking his medications for what conditions?

5. What does O'Connor comment that Lulu calls Pops in Act 1, Scene 3?

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