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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wins the card game with real money near the end of Scene 6?

2. What does Booth discover about Lincoln when they play cards in Scene 6?

3. What is Booth ranting about at the beginning of Scene 4?

4. In Scene 6, who does Booth say once came to his room and found him alone?

5. What does Lincoln move around faster and faster at the end of Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Booth's appearance in his room at the beginning of Scene 5.

2. What reasons do the brothers give for why their parents left in Scene 5?

3. How does Lincoln describe the joker from the city?

4. In Scene 4 why does Lincoln say he first thought he should stop hustling?

5. In Scene 5, what is Booth's opinion of his parents abandoning him and Lincoln?

6. Describe how Lincoln approaches his three-card monte setup in Scene 4.

7. What is the nature of Lincoln's playing with cards at the end of Scene 4?

8. Describe Lincoln's mood at the beginning of Scene 4.

9. What is the nature of the description of Lincoln and Booth's "inheritance" in Scene 5?

10. Describe the end of the scene after Booth goes into a rage at the end of Scene 6.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the nature of Lincoln and Booth's names. What might these names say in regard to their upbringing?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of race in the play. What is the author saying about the nature of race in the lives of these characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of identity in the play. What might the author be trying to say in terms of the nature of identity?

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