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

2. What is the setting of the play?

3. What is Louie for the boys?

4. What are the boys trying to do?

5. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys become even more mesmerized by their uncle?

2. How much time has gone by?

3. Why is Bella moving stealthily? What is the outcome?

4. How does Grandma respond to Bella's behavior?

5. How does the family find out about Johnny?

6. How are the boys helping out at their grandma's house?

7. What has happened to Uncle Louie?

8. How do Gert and Grandma kurnitz react?

9. How does this act open?

10. What happens when Grandma Kurnitz and Bella see one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eddie loved his wife unconditionally.

Part 1) What has her death done to the family?

Part 2) How does he sacrifice himself for her?

Part 3) How does his sacrifice affect his children? What is the outcome of his sacrifice?

Essay Topic 2

Louie is a breath of fresh air for Arty and Jay.

Part 1) How is Louie a breath of fresh air?

Part 2) How is Louie different from the boys' father, Eddie?

Part 3) How does the interaction between the boys and Louie help the audience to understand Louie?

Essay Topic 3

The main theme of this play is survival.

Part 1) How is this the main theme?

Part 2) How do the characters survive?

Part 3) Are their ways of surviving healthy? Will the be successful in the paths they have chosen in life?

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