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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. Why are these dreams unrealistic?
(a) Boyfriends will get you nowhere.
(b) Only wealthy people can have dreams like that.
(c) The people who have the dreams have no chance of attaining them.
(d) No one can attain these dreams.

2. What do the boys come to understand about their father?
(a) He is doing an honorable thing by taking this job.
(b) He will be staying with them.
(c) He is a dishonorable man.
(d) He is ready for a new wife.

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

4. Describe Bella.
(a) Angry and mean.
(b) Mentally and emotionally challenged.
(c) Bright and a know-it-all.
(d) Sad and nervous.

5. How does the scene open?
(a) With the boys talking about their father.
(b) With Jay reading his father's letter.
(c) With the voice-over of Eddie's letter.
(d) With Bella welcoming the boys to her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is below the apartment?

2. What is taking place between Eddie and Grandma Kurnitz?

3. How must Bella feel about movies?

4. Whose living room is it?

5. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?

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