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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the deed to the house come from?
(a) It was won in a poker game.
(b) Max bought the house as a young man.
(c) It was a foreclosure.
(d) It was an inheritance.

2. What does Max want Sam to do when Joey goes upstairs?
(a) Max wants Sam to go upstairs.
(b) Max wants Sam to drive him to the drugstore.
(c) Max wants Sam to eat dinner with him.
(d) Max wants Sam to agree with about his criticism of Joey.

3. At the end of the first scene, what does Max reveal about MacGregor?
(a) MacGregor tried to steal the deed to the house.
(b) MacGregor lived next door until he died.
(c) MacGregor was Max's father.
(d) MacGregor was Max's football coach.

4. When Max asks Teddy if he wants to cuddle and kiss his father, what does Max tell the rest of the family about Teddy?
(a) Max says that Teddy is smart.
(b) Max says that Teddy and Ruth are not actually married.
(c) Max says that Teddy is going to stay a long time.
(d) Max says that Teddy still loves his father.

5. As the play begins, Lenny is in the living room of the house where he lives with which two other people?
(a) His two brothers
(b) His mother and his father
(c) His father and his uncle
(d) His father and his brother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teddy suggest to Ruth after they have been home awhile?

2. When Max realizes that Teddy and Ruth are not going to be thrown out of his house, what does Max do?

3. When he first arrives home, what does Teddy find out about his room?

4. When Lenny gets flustered, what does Ruth do?

5. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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