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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of the play?
(a) 1842, Yonkers, New York.
(b) 1842, Yonkers, Pennsylvania.
(c) 1942 Yonkers, New York.
(d) 1942, Yonkers, Pennsylvania.

2. 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 angry.
(b) The boys' discomfort escalates.
(c) They cry.
(d) They are excited.

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

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

5. Where are two strange men located?
(a) Inside the black Studebaker.
(b) Around the block.
(c) By the school.
(d) In the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what has Eddie been challenged?

2. To whom is this character speaking?

3. What is Jay contemplating.

4. Who are Arty and Jay?

5. What is Bella and Johnny's plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the boys' fear short-lived?

2. How does the play end?

3. How do the boys become even more mesmerized by their uncle?

4. What does Louie do to help both the boys and himself?

5. Why is Bella in a good mood?

6. When do the boys' feelings escalate?

7. What is Bella and Johnny's plan?

8. How does the family find out about Johnny?

9. Why is Bella happy the boys are still there?

10. How does Grandma respond to Bella's behavior?

(see the answer keys)

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