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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Max respond to Lenny's question right after Max wakes up?
(a) Max hits Lenny with a cane.
(b) Max tells Lenny to leave.
(c) Max spits at Lenny.
(d) Max reassures Lenny.

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

3. What do Lenny and Max bicker about?
(a) Max's cooking
(b) Lenny's chores
(c) The leaking roof
(d) Paying for groceries

4. What does Ruth call Lenny?
(a) Mr. Mean
(b) Sweetie
(c) Little Baby
(d) Leonard

5. Where does Ruth say she and Teddy have been vacationing?
(a) Australia
(b) America
(c) Italy
(d) England

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

7. 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 reminds Max that he was the only one Max trusted with Jessie.
(c) Sam says he helped Jessie because she was his sister.
(d) Sam tells Max he could afford to give Jessie money.

8. The first time Max mentions a man named MacGregor, what does he say about him?
(a) He went to prison.
(b) MacGregor was his best friend.
(c) MacGregor lives next door.
(d) He used to hang around with MacGregor.

9. Where did Sam get some cigars?
(a) From a tobacco store
(b) From an American fare
(c) From a friend
(d) From a fellow worker with a new baby

10. What does Teddy reassure Ruth about?
(a) Her appearance
(b) The thunderstorm
(c) Their new car
(d) Meeting his family

11. 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.

12. After addressing Lenny's concern about not being able to sleep, who does Teddy ask Lenny about?
(a) Max
(b) Sam
(c) Joey
(d) Jessie

13. What does Sam brag about?
(a) Being the most productive worker in the factory
(b) Being the best cook in the restaurant
(c) Being the best chauffeur in the firm
(d) Being the most requested security guard

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

15. Aside from Teddy's education, why does Lenny say he envies Teddy?
(a) The girls have always liked Teddy.
(b) Teddy is rich.
(c) The family favors Teddy.
(d) Teddy is sensitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has been on stage all through the first scene of the play?

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

3. What does Max say he could instinctively know?

4. What does Max tell Lenny to stop?

5. What does Max want Sam to do when Joey goes upstairs?

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