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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Lenny want Max to tell him?
(a) Why no one would ever loan him any money
(b) Why he gets blamed for everything that happens
(c) If he was going to inherit the house someday
(d) If his parents were trying to have a baby or if his conception was an accident

7. What does Lenny give Ruth after Teddy goes upstairs?
(a) A glass of water
(b) Dessert
(c) Teddy's old books
(d) A family photo

8. What does Ruth dare Lenny to do?
(a) Sit on her lap and take a sip from a glass.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Wake everyone up.
(d) Tell her a secret.

9. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?
(a) He wants to cut something out of the paper.
(b) He needs to open a package.
(c) He plans to use them to threaten Lenny.
(d) He wants to trim his hair.

10. What does Lenny say in response to Max's demand for an explanation of the noise that awoke him?
(a) Lenny blames the noise on Joey and his friends.
(b) Lenny tells Max that Sam turned up the radio.
(c) Lenny asks Max about the night he was conceived.
(d) Lenny asks Max to loan him some money.

11. After she finishes her water, where does Ruth go?
(a) Outside on the front porch
(b) Into the kitchen
(c) Outside for a walk
(d) Upstairs

12. 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) He used to hang around with MacGregor.
(d) MacGregor lives next door.

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

14. Where does Ruth tell Lenny she and Teddy live?
(a) Italy
(b) Australia
(c) England
(d) America

15. In his first appearance in the play, Joey comes home and immediately asks a question about what?
(a) He wonders if there is any food.
(b) He wonders if the roof has been repaired.
(c) He asks if his brother is home.
(d) He asks where the newspaper is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, instead of Max, does Lenny say he should have asked for an answer to a question that's been bothering him?

2. After addressing Lenny's concern about not being able to sleep, who does Teddy ask Lenny about?

3. What does Teddy tell Ruth about the house?

4. At the end of the first scene, what does Max reveal about MacGregor?

5. What do Lenny and Max bicker about?

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