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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean to be stealthy?
(a) Ignorant and lazy.
(b) Strong and healthy.
(c) Secret in action or character.
(d) Stealing.

2. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?
(a) She sleeps right through.
(b) She hears her.
(c) She writes her a letter.
(d) She talks to her in the morning.

3. What is clear about Eddie?
(a) He loves his job.
(b) He is working himself to exhaustion.
(c) He is leaving his children permanently.
(d) He is searching for his wife.

4. Who are Arty and Jay?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Enemies.

5. How does Eddie tell the boys?
(a) In his letter to them.
(b) He comes home to tell them.
(c) He writes a letter to his mother.
(d) He calls them on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose living room is it?

2. What has Eddie been forced to do?

3. What do the boys come to understand about their father?

4. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?

5. Describe Bella.

(see the answer key)

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