The Homecoming Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Homecoming Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lenny and Max bicker about?
(a) Max's cooking
(b) Lenny's chores
(c) Paying for groceries
(d) The leaking roof

2. Who, instead of Max, does Lenny say he should have asked for an answer to a question that's been bothering him?
(a) His father
(b) Teddy
(c) Joey
(d) His dead mother

3. When Teddy and Ruth first arrive at the family home, what does Ruth say she is feeling?
(a) Very cold
(b) Very tired
(c) Very bored
(d) Very excited

4. What does Lenny want Max to tell him?
(a) Why he gets blamed for everything that happens
(b) If his parents were trying to have a baby or if his conception was an accident
(c) If he was going to inherit the house someday
(d) Why no one would ever loan him any money

5. How does Max taunt Joey?
(a) Max says Joey has few skills for his sport.
(b) Max says Joey has no girlfriends.
(c) Max says Joey is overweight.
(d) Max says Joey will never have a good job.

6. What does Lenny tell Ruth about a diseased prostitute?
(a) Lenny says he lectured her.
(b) Lenny says he nearly beat her to death.
(c) Lenny says he was in love with her.
(d) Lenny says he took her to a hospital.

7. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?
(a) He wants to cut something out of the paper.
(b) He wants to trim his hair.
(c) He plans to use them to threaten Lenny.
(d) He needs to open a package.

8. Who was Jessie?
(a) Sam and Max's sister
(b) Lenny's wife
(c) A former neighbor
(d) Max's wife

9. After addressing Lenny's concern about not being able to sleep, who does Teddy ask Lenny about?
(a) Sam
(b) Joey
(c) Jessie
(d) Max

10. Where did Sam get some cigars?
(a) From a tobacco store
(b) From an American fare
(c) From a friend
(d) From a fellow worker with a new baby

11. What does Ruth want to do by herself shortly after she and Teddy arrive at the family home?
(a) Ruth wants to take a walk.
(b) Ruth wants to change her clothes.
(c) Ruth wants to take a nap.
(d) Ruth wants to eat something.

12. Who is the only character left on stage at the end of Act I, Scene 2?
(a) Teddy
(b) Ruth
(c) Max
(d) Lenny

13. Shortly after his arrival at the family home, what does Teddy offer Ruth?
(a) Some family heirlooms
(b) Some old photographs
(c) Somewhere to change her clothes
(d) Something to eat and drink

14. What does Ruth call Lenny?
(a) Leonard
(b) Mr. Mean
(c) Little Baby
(d) Sweetie

15. Before he comes home, where has Joey been?
(a) He has been driving his cab.
(b) He has been working out.
(c) He has been out for a walk.
(d) He has been applying for a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Lenny earlier that his father is going to get a surprise in the morning?

2. What does Sam say to Max about why Sam helped take care of Jessie?

3. What do Lenny and Ruth argue about?

4. What does Max want Sam to do when Joey goes upstairs?

5. What complaint does Max have about his sons?

(see the answer keys)

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