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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have Eddie and the boys been left?
(a) In need of another mother.
(b) Speechless.
(c) Deeply in debt.
(d) With a large amount of money from their mother's will.

2. Where do Grandma and her daughter, Bella, work?
(a) Kurnitz's Kiddy Store.
(b) Jacopo's Diner.
(c) Kurnitz's Kandy Store.
(d) Mendelssohn's Violin Shop.

3. At first, what does Louie tell the boys?
(a) The gun is not his.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is going to find Eddie.
(d) He is moving in with them.

4. How is Louie compared to Eddie?
(a) Identical.
(b) Similar.
(c) Exactly the same.
(d) Completely different.

5. What has Eddie been forced to do?
(a) Borrow from a loan shark.
(b) End his wife's treatments.
(c) Get a job as a coal miner.
(d) Steal from his neighbors.

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

7. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?
(a) They are excited.
(b) The boys' discomfort escalates.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They cry.

8. After what is Jay scrambling upstairs?
(a) An unsuccessful mission to find Grandma Kurnitz's hidden money.
(b) His brother during a game of tag.
(c) Grandma.
(d) His pet rat that has escaped its cage.

9. 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.

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

11. What has Eddie taken?
(a) Money from a bank.
(b) Grandma Kurnitz's secret stash of money.
(c) A job.
(d) His sons to live with him.

12. Why does the doctor diagnose Eddie with this?
(a) Eddie is extremely ill.
(b) It is due to stress.
(c) Horses are healthy.
(d) He found a lump.

13. What is taking place between Eddie and Grandma Kurnitz?
(a) A business agreement.
(b) An important conversation.
(c) A light-hearted discussion.
(d) An argument.

14. What would Jay do with it if he finds it?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Send it to Eddie.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Tell his Uncle Louie.

15. How is this scene similar to Act I, Scene 2?
(a) This scene begins with the boys talking.
(b) This scene begins with a voice-over.
(c) This scene begins with Eddie walking into the room.
(d) This scene begins with Bella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louie for the boys?

2. Why does Grandma chastise Bella?

3. What is Bella the only one who seems to understand?

4. What fascinates the boys?

5. Why would Bella's good news be the perfect arrangement for her?

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