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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louie give the boys for keeping silent if anyone should come looking for him?
(a) $1 a week.
(b) A new toy.
(c) $5 a week.
(d) Another pet.

2. What do Johnny and Bella need for their plan to work?
(a) Training.
(b) Clients.
(c) $5,000.
(d) A location.

3. For what is Eddie being treated?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Headaches.
(d) A cut.

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

5. What would Jay do with it if he finds it?
(a) Tell his Uncle Louie.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Send it to Eddie.
(d) Sell it.

6. From where does Bella arrive home?
(a) Work.
(b) Her friend's home.
(c) Another afternoon at the movies.
(d) School.

7. To what has Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agreed?
(a) Keep the boys.
(b) To let the boys go.
(c) Allow Eddie to stay.
(d) Make dinner for the family.

8. Whose living room is it?
(a) Great Uncle Louie Kurnitz's.
(b) Arty Kurnitz's.
(c) Eddie Kurnitz's.
(d) Grandma Kurnitz's.

9. What are the boys trying to do?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Play a game.
(c) Sneak out the window.
(d) Eat dinner.

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

11. What exists between Grandma Kurnitz and Bella?
(a) A promise.
(b) Love.
(c) Understanding.
(d) A chasm.

12. Why is Bella able to understand this?
(a) She is good with money.
(b) She has felt the lack of love throughout her entire life.
(c) She knows Louie better than Louie knows himself.
(d) She loves Eddie.

13. Who is Johnny?
(a) Grandma's boyfriend.
(b) The boy next door.
(c) The boy who mows the grass.
(d) The usher from the theater.

14. What is the war to Eddie?
(a) Nothing new.
(b) Good news.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Bad news.

15. What will Eddie be doing?
(a) Borrowing money from a loan shark.
(b) Borrowing more money.
(c) Going to jail.
(d) Selling scrap metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma do after chastising Bella?

2. What does Bella enjoy doing?

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

4. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?

5. What have Arty and Jay received?

(see the answer keys)

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