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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Eddie keep working, even after hearing the doctor's diagnosis?
(a) He enjoys his job.
(b) He does not feel as bad as the doctor makes his diagnosis sound.
(c) He needs to pay back the loan shark.
(d) He loves to work.

2. What does she insist upon being?
(a) A career woman.
(b) An independent woman.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) A wife and mother.

3. What does Grandma Kurnitz see no point in doing?
(a) Calling Eddie.
(b) Endorsing her daughter's dreams.
(c) Getting out of bed.
(d) Sending the boys to school.

4. How does this scene begin?
(a) With a voice-over by Bella.
(b) With a voice-over by Jay.
(c) With a voice-over by Arty.
(d) With another voice-over of Eddie's letter.

5. Into what have the boys settled by this time?
(a) Yonkers.
(b) Receiving letters from their father.
(c) The household.
(d) School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean to be stealthy?

2. Why are their feelings short-lived?

3. What exists between Grandma Kurnitz and Bella?

4. What news does Eddie's doctor give?

5. When are the boys even more mesmerized?

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