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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teddy suggest to Ruth after they have been home awhile?
(a) Teddy suggests they get something to eat.
(b) Teddy suggests they change their clothes.
(c) Teddy suggests they light a fire.
(d) Teddy suggests they go to bed.

2. Which character has been on stage all through the first scene of the play?
(a) Sam
(b) Max
(c) Joey
(d) Lenny

3. Before he comes home, where has Joey been?
(a) He has been driving his cab.
(b) He has been working out.
(c) He has been out for a walk.
(d) He has been applying for a job.

4. When Max comes downstairs, what does he say woke him?
(a) Loud music coming from the radio
(b) Joey and Lenny arguing
(c) Lenny shouting at Ruth as she leaves.
(d) Teddy and Ruth arguing

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

6. What does Teddy take upstairs?
(a) A snack
(b) An alarm clock
(c) An album of family photos
(d) His suitcases

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

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

9. When Teddy and Ruth first arrive at the family home, what does Ruth say she is feeling?
(a) Very cold
(b) Very tired
(c) Very bored
(d) Very excited

10. How does Max taunt Joey?
(a) Max says Joey has no girlfriends.
(b) Max says Joey is overweight.
(c) Max says Joey will never have a good job.
(d) Max says Joey has few skills for his sport.

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

12. Where does Lenny tell Ruth he thinks Teddy has been?
(a) America
(b) Sweden
(c) Australia
(d) Switzerland

13. What does Max want Sam to do when Joey goes upstairs?
(a) Max wants Sam to drive him to the drugstore.
(b) Max wants Sam to go upstairs.
(c) Max wants Sam to agree with about his criticism of Joey.
(d) Max wants Sam to eat dinner with him.

14. What does Sam say about Max wanting him out of the house?
(a) Sam says that Max would be lonesome.
(b) Sam says that there will be no one to cook the meals.
(c) Sam says that he owns part of the house.
(d) Sam says that Max is selfish.

15. Abandoning his search for the scissors, Max lights a cigarette he has gotten from where?
(a) From Lenny's jacket
(b) From the desk
(c) From his pocket
(d) From the ashtray

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jessie?

2. Where does Ruth tell Lenny she and Teddy live?

3. On what subject does Lenny ask Max for advice?

4. As the play begins, Lenny is in the living room of the house where he lives with which two other people?

5. After she finishes her water, where does Ruth go?

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