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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?
(a) The boys have nowhere else to go.
(b) She wants to help out her son.
(c) Bella threatens to leave the house and the store.
(d) She loves her grandsons.

2. Who is Johnny?
(a) The boy who mows the grass.
(b) Grandma's boyfriend.
(c) The usher from the theater.
(d) The boy next door.

3. How is Louie insulted?
(a) When his mother tells him he is worthless.
(b) When Grandma Kurnitz returns $100 that Louie had left on her bureau.
(c) When Bella asks him to leave.
(d) When the boys tell him they do not want him around anymore.

4. Why are the boys strangers to this place?
(a) They have been living out of the country since birth.
(b) Grandma Kurnitz never liked the boys' mother.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz is not their real grandmother.
(d) Grandma Kurnitz has recently moved.

5. What is Jay's plan?
(a) To save money to buy a new game.
(b) To get out into the real world and make some money to send to Eddie.
(c) To tell Uncle Louie how he truly feels about him.
(d) To run away to New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the boys feeling about their new environment?

2. What has happened to Eddie's wife?

3. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

4. What has the war done for Eddie?

5. What fascinates the boys?

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