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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did Teddy move out of the family home?
(a) A week
(b) Many years
(c) Several days
(d) Several months

2. When Teddy comes downstairs while Ruth and Lenny are talking together, what does Lenny do?
(a) He tells Teddy not to interrupt their conversation.
(b) He turns on the radio.
(c) He asks Teddy to stay for a few more days.
(d) He picks up the newspaper and begins reading.

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

4. Who, instead of Max, does Lenny say he should have asked for an answer to a question that's been bothering him?
(a) His dead mother
(b) Teddy
(c) Joey
(d) His father

5. Which two characters have been out working when the play begins but come home before Ruth and Teddy arrive?
(a) Max and Sam
(b) Lenny and Sam
(c) Joey and Max
(d) Joey and Sam

Short Answer Questions

1. In his long speech, what does Teddy say about his family's intelligence level?

2. How are Teddy and Ruth related to Max?

3. What does Lenny want Max to tell him?

4. When Teddy comes downstairs after his father and brothers have come home from the gym, what does Max ask him?

5. What did Lenny tell Ruth he had been asked to help an old woman with?

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