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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?
(a) 2
(b) 9
(c) 6
(d) 8

2. When Eugene mimes a ballgame in the opening of Act I, what name does he call the pitcher?
(a) Mel Ott
(b) Ruffing
(c) Dickey
(d) JoJo Moore

3. Nora tells her family in Act I that the Broadway musical she wants to be in will start rehearsing when?
(a) A week from Thursday
(b) In two months
(c) In three weeks
(d) A week from Monday

4. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?
(a) History
(b) English
(c) Science
(d) Math

5. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s left instructions for his memoirs to not be opened until how many years after his death?
(a) 10
(b) 30
(c) 15
(d) 20

6. What role did Zeljko Ivanek play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Frank Murphy
(b) Jack Jerome
(c) Eugene Jerome
(d) Stanley Jerome

7. What are the names of Kate’s brothers whom she says drove her mother crazy as they were growing up in Act I?
(a) James and Peter
(b) Mel and Stanley
(c) Ben and Ezra
(d) George and Sandy

8. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?
(a) The Great Wars
(b) The Macedonian Wars
(c) The Italian Renaissance Wars
(d) The Korean Wars

9. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?
(a) Queens
(b) Staten Island
(c) Brooklyn
(d) Manhattan

10. At what time does Nora say she must be at the theater to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
(a) 10:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

11. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 3

12. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?
(a) Green
(b) Red
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow

13. How long ago did Blanche’s husband die in Act I?
(a) 3 years ago
(b) 4 years ago
(c) 6 years ago
(d) 10 years ago

14. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?
(a) A big water tank
(b) A giant ship
(c) A large see-through net
(d) A castle

15. When does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will come to New York in Act I?
(a) The first week of July
(b) The second week of October
(c) The second week of December
(d) The third week of August

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?

2. Eugene claims that his grandfather died from what in Act I?

3. What batter walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?

4. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?

5. How long ago does Eugene say Nora “started developing” in Act I?

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