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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 is the name of the owner of the bar that acts as a main setting within the play?
(a) Chris.
(b) Brucie.
(c) Stan.
(d) Howard.

2. When Chris and Jason encounter each other for the first time since their release from prison, what action do they take?
(a) They punch one another.
(b) They hug one another.
(c) They glare at one another and part.
(d) They curse at one another.

3. In what year does Act 1, Scene 1 take place?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2008.

4. What does Tracey tell Brucie are his two choices regarding his marriage to Cynthia?
(a) Get clean or get lost.
(b) Get sober or get out.
(c) Go to school or get a job.
(d) Move out or commit.

5. What does Stan say is the best thing that has ever happened to him?
(a) Quitting his job at Olstead's.
(b) Getting injured at Olstead's.
(c) Getting fired from Olstead's.
(d) Winning his lawsuit against Olstead's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Democratic candidate does Brucie say he supports for the upcoming 2000 presidential primary?

2. On what holiday does Cynthia say she and her husband Brucie had briefly reconciled before he robbed her home?

3. What does Tracey say was the event that sent Jessie into the depths of alcoholism?

4. Who is the bartender at the bar that serves as main setting within the play's narrative?

5. What signs does Jason display that let Evan know Jason has been in a fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nottage's purpose for including the character of Jessie within the narrative?

2. What qualities does Stan believe that a good leader must exhibit?

3. What does Evan mean when he tells Chris that "the river keeps flowing" (9)?

4. What event causes the first rift within Chris's and Jason's friendship in February of 2000?

5. Explain the different reactions of Chris and Jason to their respective post-prison stresses.

6. How do Jason and Chris view travel differently during the earlier of the two eras depicted in the play?

7. How does Brucie's experience at the union office again display the theme of racial tension?

8. How is the theme of being trapped contained within Stan's advice to Chris about his job at Olstead's and about college?

9. How does Jason demonstrate a lack of awareness about white privilege during his conversation about college with Chris?

10. How does Jason feel about his relationship with his mom Tracey in 2000?

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