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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. How did Caro get the money to purchase an engagement ring?
(a) From an inheritance.
(b) In a poker game.
(c) He won a lawsuit.
(d) He stole it.

2. What are Pops and Lulu doing in the opening of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Drinking whiskey.
(c) Smoking marijuana.
(d) Dancing.

3. What does Oswaldo offer Pops to eat in the opening of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Almonds.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Pie.
(d) Cupcakes.

4. In Act 1, Scene 3, what does Pops claim the man who shot him called him?
(a) "Pig."
(b) "Monster."
(c) "Bastard."
(d) "Nigger."

5. What had the perp who told the gorilla joke been arrested for?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Domestic abuse.
(c) Public indecency.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pops' real first name, according to the stage directions in the play's opening?

2. Who is the doctor in the building that Pops insists in taking Lulu to see in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How does Lulu say she thinks Junior feels about the baby in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. At what time of day does Act 1, Scene 3 open?

5. What did Pops give to the man with the knife in his head on the way to the hospital, according to the story in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Oswaldo and how would you describe his relationship with Pops in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. How would you describe Junior's behavior in the first half of Act 1, Scene 3?

3. How is the setting described in the stage directions for the opening of Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What is revealed about Junior's past in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What are the main details of the lawsuit Pops is involved with?

6. Why do O'Connor and Caro attempt to convince Pops to drop the lawsuit in Act 1, Scene 3?

7. What does Caro insinuate about Junior, Lulu, and Oswaldo in Act 1, Scene 3?

8. Why is Pops involved with Lubenthal and Lubenthal?

9. Why does Pops ask for the butter knife in the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

10. How is Lulu's character introduced? What do the stage directions indicate regarding Lulu's appearance?

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