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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his collapse, Max talks with Ruth about her children and then asks Teddy to do what?
(a) Max asks Teddy to give the family some money.
(b) Max asks Teddy to take Ruth out of the house.
(c) Max asks Teddy if he wants to cuddle and kiss his father.
(d) Max asks Teddy to stay for a few more days.

2. What does Max say he could instinctively know?
(a) Whether or not a female horse would go the distance
(b) Whether or not an employer would hire him
(c) Whether or not a girl would go out with him
(d) Whether or not a used car had been in an accident

3. When does Max say that Sam will be out of the house?
(a) When Max sells the property
(b) When Sam retires
(c) When Max renovates the house
(d) When Lenny gets married

4. Where did the deed to the house come from?
(a) It was won in a poker game.
(b) It was a foreclosure.
(c) It was an inheritance.
(d) Max bought the house as a young man.

5. As they bicker, what does Max grab as if to hit Lenny?
(a) His umbrella
(b) His cane
(c) A baseball bat
(d) A lamp

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters have been out working when the play begins but come home before Ruth and Teddy arrive?

2. After Max recovers from his collapse, what does he ask Ruth?

3. Which character does Max refer to as a "maggot" and a "grub"?

4. What does Max describe as "one flow of stinking pus after another?"

5. On the morning after Teddy and Ruth's arrival, what does Max invite Joey to do in the afternoon?

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