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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bella do all the time?
(a) Dream.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Cook.
(d) Talk.

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

4. Describe Bella.
(a) Bright and a know-it-all.
(b) Sad and nervous.
(c) Angry and mean.
(d) Mentally and emotionally challenged.

5. Why are the boys strangers to this place?
(a) Grandma Kurnitz is not their real grandmother.
(b) They have been living out of the country since birth.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz has recently moved.
(d) Grandma Kurnitz never liked the boys' mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?

2. How must Bella feel as her mother chastises her?

3. How have Eddie and the boys been left?

4. Why are these dreams unrealistic?

5. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?

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