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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean to be stealthy?

2. What is Jay contemplating.

3. What does the entry of a strange man into the apartment do to the boys?

4. What is a new intrigue for the boys?

5. With what else has Eddie been challenged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bella enthusiastic?

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

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

4. What is hiding in Grandma's house?

5. How does the family react to Bella's news?

6. Describe the confrontation between Bella and Grandma Kurnitz.

7. When do the boys' feelings escalate?

8. What will Eddie be doing to pay back the loan shark?

9. How does this scene begin?

10. What is Bella and Johnny's plan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two of Grandma Kurnitz's children died.

Part 1) How does she deal with their deaths?

Part 2) How does her behavior affect her surviving children?

Part 3) How does Grandma change throughout the play towards her living children?

Essay Topic 2

Arty and Jay do not want to stay with their grandmother.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) Why must they stay with their grandmother?

Part 3) How are they able to accept that they must stay with her?

Essay Topic 3

Gert tries to be invisible.

Part 1) Why would she want to be invisible?

Part 2) When does she come out of hiding?

Part 3) How does she interact with the others when she does come out of hiding?

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