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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bella divulge?
(a) She has been intimate with Johnny.
(b) The many movies she has seen.
(c) She does not love her mother.
(d) The many intimate encounters she has had with men over the years.

2. What has happened to those who cannot deal with Grandma Kurnitz?
(a) They suffer in some personal way from her lack of affection.
(b) They have moved out and never spoken to her again.
(c) They ignore her.
(d) They have not been affected by her.

3. How does Grandma Kurnitz react to what Bella divulges?
(a) She is sad.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is not surprised.
(d) She is horrified.

4. What does Jay do as soon as Louie emerges from the shower?
(a) He surprises him.
(b) He pops the question about going with him.
(c) He gives him a gift.
(d) He yells at him.

5. How do the family members respond to this news?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They do not understand.
(c) They are irritated.
(d) They are not surprised.

6. How does Louie feel about this new restriction on his evening plans?
(a) He is pleasantly surprised.
(b) He is slightly annoyed.
(c) He does not like it.
(d) He is uncomfortable with it.

7. With what is Arty sick?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) A fever.

8. How has Johnny's mind changed?
(a) He does not want children.
(b) He wants to move to another city.
(c) He prefers to stay at home with his parents and not marry.
(d) He does not want to open a restaurant.

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

10. Why has Eddie been in the hospital?
(a) To visit his wife.
(b) For exhaustion.
(c) To avoid going to work.
(d) To get some sleep.

11. What does Bella want to tell everyone tonight?
(a) She is tired of the movie theatre.
(b) She wants to move out.
(c) She is going to be married.
(d) She does not like her new job.

12. Who are once more alone in the apartment?
(a) Louie and Bella.
(b) Bella and Johnny.
(c) Bella and Grandma Kurnitz.
(d) Gert and Bella.

13. Why is Bella glad that the boys are still there?
(a) She wants to tell them something.
(b) She wants to say goodbye.
(c) She has gifts for them.
(d) She worries about them.

14. What is Grandma Kurnitz doing at the end of the scene?
(a) She is contemplating her life.
(b) She watches Bella go and shakes her head in bemused acceptance.
(c) She is crying.
(d) She is smiling.

15. What does Jay swear to Louie?
(a) He does not plan on yelling at him ever again.
(b) He will not surprise him ever again.
(c) He does not plan to rob anybody.
(d) He will return the gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what have the boys settled by this time?

2. Why must Grandma Kurnitz come upstairs to get Jay?

3. What does Bella say she was seeking?

4. What does the letter say?

5. What can Eddie not allow his mother to see?

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