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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?
(a) English
(b) Science
(c) History
(d) Math

2. The Jerome house is described in the stage directions for Act I as being in “a lower middle income area inhabited mostly by” what groups?
(a) Jews, Irish and Germans
(b) Jews, Irish, and Italians
(c) French, Germans, and Polish
(d) Irish, Italians, and French

3. Eugene says in Act I that one day he’s going to be a writer like whom?
(a) Ring Lardner
(b) Chaim Potok
(c) Ernest Hemingway
(d) Samuel Beckett

4. Where does Eugene say he’d be this winter if he made it into his favorite baseball team in Act I?
(a) Dallas
(b) Miami
(c) St. Petersburg
(d) St. Lauderdale

5. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?
(a) The Major Leagues
(b) The Heisman Trophy
(c) The World Series
(d) The Super Bowl

Short Answer Questions

1. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?

2. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?

3. At what time does Nora say she must be at the theater to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

4. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?

5. Where does Kate describe her parents packing up and leaving the house to come to America in Act I?

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