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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Sam give for believing that he is the best at his job?
(a) He works harder than anyone else.
(b) He doesn't make mistakes.
(c) He asks questions.
(d) He doesn't take liberties.

2. What does Sam say to Max about why Sam helped take care of Jessie?
(a) Sam reminds Max that Jessie had trouble hearing.
(b) Sam tells Max he could afford to give Jessie money.
(c) Sam reminds Max that he was the only one Max trusted with Jessie.
(d) Sam says he helped Jessie because she was his sister.

3. At the end of the first scene, what does Max reveal about MacGregor?
(a) MacGregor was Max's football coach.
(b) MacGregor tried to steal the deed to the house.
(c) MacGregor was Max's father.
(d) MacGregor lived next door until he died.

4. What does Max describe as "one flow of stinking pus after another?"
(a) Politicians
(b) Generations
(c) Policemen
(d) Gangsters

5. How is Joey related to Max?
(a) Max and Joey are brothers.
(b) Max is Joey's father.
(c) Max and Joey are cousins.
(d) Max is Joey's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?

2. In his first appearance in the play, Joey comes home and immediately asks a question about what?

3. What does Sam brag about?

4. How is Joey related to Sam?

5. What reason does Max give for Sam having never married?

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