View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?
(a) They are excited.
(b) The boys' discomfort escalates.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They cry.

2. Where do Grandma and her daughter, Bella, work?
(a) Kurnitz's Kiddy Store.
(b) Kurnitz's Kandy Store.
(c) Jacopo's Diner.
(d) Mendelssohn's Violin Shop.

3. How does Grandma Kurnitz feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) World weary.
(c) Sad.
(d) Annoyed.

4. What news does Eddie's doctor give?
(a) He only has a few days to live.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is as healthy as a horse.
(d) He has an irregular heartbeat.

5. How does the scene open?
(a) Two boys, Arty and Jay, sit uncomfortably on the couch waiting for their Father, Eddie, to emerge from Grandma's bedroom.
(b) Eddie is saying goodbye to his sons.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz is arguing with Bella.
(d) Arty and Jay are eating candy in the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the voice-over?

2. Why does Bella stealthily enter the apartment?

3. Who are Arty and Jay?

4. According to Grandma, what do nothing but create unrealistic dreams?

5. What has happened to Eddie's wife?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 253 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample