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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 Louie eventually reveal?

2. What does Grandma Kurnitz see no point in doing?

3. Where is it hidden?

4. What will Eddie be doing?

5. What has happened to Eddie's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the boys learn about their father?

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

3. What is hiding in Grandma's house?

4. How does the play end?

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

6. How grateful is Eddie for what his mother has done for him?

7. What is Eddie's experience as a salesman?

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

9. What is clear about Eddie in this scene?

10. What have the boys found intriguing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Louie survives by outsmarting the system.

Part 1) How does he outsmart the system?

Part 2) From whom does he run and hide?

Part 3) Will he be successful in life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Bella has her fantasy world into which she escapes.

Part 1) What fantasies does she have in this play?

Part 2) How does she handle these fantasies when they do not become reality?

Part 3) How does her character become more independent? What feelings does the growth in this character evoke in the audience and readers?

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