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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shortly after his arrival at the family home, what does Teddy offer Ruth?
(a) Some old photographs
(b) Somewhere to change her clothes
(c) Something to eat and drink
(d) Some family heirlooms

2. In what sport does Joey participate?
(a) Tennis
(b) Boxing
(c) Baseball
(d) Football

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

4. What does Teddy tell Ruth about the house?
(a) Teddy says the house is about to be sold.
(b) Teddy says that five generations have lived in the house.
(c) Teddy says he was born in the house.
(d) Teddy says that he has never liked the house.

5. What did Lenny tell Ruth he had been asked to help an old woman with?
(a) A dresser she needed moved
(b) Getting to the doctor
(c) Finding her cat
(d) An old-fashioned washing machine

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

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

8. Who is the only character left on stage at the end of Act I, Scene 2?
(a) Lenny
(b) Ruth
(c) Max
(d) Teddy

9. Why does Max say that when Sam gets married, he should bring his bride home?
(a) Max will tell her the family's history.
(b) Max will give her a family heirloom.
(c) She can cook for them.
(d) There will be a big party.

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

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

12. 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 asks if his brother is home.
(c) He asks where the newspaper is.
(d) He wonders if the roof has been repaired.

13. What does Lenny tell Ruth about a diseased prostitute?
(a) Lenny says he was in love with her.
(b) Lenny says he took her to a hospital.
(c) Lenny says he lectured her.
(d) Lenny says he nearly beat her to death.

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

15. As the play begins, Lenny is in the living room of the house where he lives with which two other people?
(a) His mother and his father
(b) His father and his brother
(c) His two brothers
(d) His father and his uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max describe as "one flow of stinking pus after another?"

2. When Max comes downstairs, what does he say woke him?

3. Aside from Teddy's education, why does Lenny say he envies Teddy?

4. What does Teddy take upstairs?

5. When Lenny gets flustered, what does Ruth do?

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