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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. What does Joe do before leaving for the train station?
(a) Brushes his hair.
(b) Changes clothes.
(c) Has some lunch.
(d) Plays the violin.

2. Roxy and Moody tell Joe they know about ______________.
(a) The booze.
(b) The women.
(c) The drugs.
(d) The car.

3. According to Roxy, Joe fights as though ______________________.
(a) He's saving his hands.
(b) He's an animal.
(c) He's a girl.
(d) He's afraid of blood.

4. Where is Joe going?
(a) Boxing camp in Florida.
(b) Boxing tour of the Midwest.
(c) His grandparents' home.
(d) Juilliard School of Music.

5. Joe has just won a scholarship to study ____________ at a prestigious school.
(a) Violin.
(b) Business.
(c) Physics.
(d) Computer science.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Roxy say about musicians in the park?

3. Moody tells Eddie that ____________ has the most influence over Joe.

4. Joe says that he focuses on ______________.

5. Who promises Joe better fights and better press coverage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the terrible irony of Joe and Lorna's deaths?

2. What is the symbolism of Joe's broken hand in this fight?

3. What is the irony of Moody quoting from the Declaration of Independence?

4. What ill-fated decision do Lorna and Joe make in an attempt to escape from the restrictions of their lives?

5. How is Joe's loss of his musical dream impacting his fighting career?

6. What does Roxy say is Joe's problem as a boxer?

7. Why is the news of the Chocolate Drop's death the climax of the play?

8. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 4, and what is the topic of conversation between Joe and Lorna as the scene opens?

9. Describe how Fuseli threatens Lorna.

10. Explain the foreshadowing of Moody's comments about separating Joe and his father.

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