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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bella enjoy doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Talking to her boyfriend.
(d) Going to see movies.

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

3. What makes Bella seem like a child?
(a) She wears clothing similar to that of little girls.
(b) She has a high-pitched voice.
(c) She loves dolls.
(d) Her naïveté.

4. What has the war done for Eddie?
(a) Killed his wife.
(b) It has paralyzed him from being thrown from his vehicle.
(c) Caused him to lose his job.
(d) It has provided a relatively high-paying job in scrap iron that would never have existed before.

5. What is a new intrigue for the boys?
(a) A black Studebaker.
(b) School.
(c) A new kid on the block.
(d) Grandma's boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?

2. To what has Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agreed?

3. How must Bella feel about movies?

4. Where are two strange men located?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this scene further exemplify?

2. How much time has gone by?

3. How does Louie react to Jay's question?

4. Why is the boys' fear short-lived?

5. How have Bella's plans changed?

6. Why do the boys feel the way they do?

7. How is the opening of this scene different than the other scenes?

8. How does Louis feel about being forced to stay longer at Grandma's house?

9. How do Jay's feelings for his uncle grow?

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

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