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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 asks Max to loan him some money.
(c) Lenny tells Max that Sam turned up the radio.
(d) Lenny asks Max about the night he was conceived.

2. Who was Jessie?
(a) Lenny's wife
(b) A former neighbor
(c) Max's wife
(d) Sam and Max's sister

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

4. What occupation does Lenny tell Ruth he's always imagined for himself?
(a) Teacher
(b) Lawyer
(c) Soldier
(d) Shopkeeper

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

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

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

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

9. Who told Lenny earlier that his father is going to get a surprise in the morning?
(a) Joey
(b) Teddy
(c) Lenny
(d) Sam

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

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

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

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

14. What does Lenny say he did to the old woman instead of helping her?
(a) Hit her
(b) Gave her some money
(c) Laughed at her
(d) Got someone else to help her

15. How are Teddy and Ruth related to Max?
(a) Son and daughter
(b) Son and daughter-in-law
(c) Grandson and granddaughter
(d) Nephew and niece

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What complaint does Max have about his sons?

3. How is Joey related to Max?

4. Where does Ruth say she and Teddy have been vacationing?

5. What does Lenny tell Ruth about a diseased prostitute?

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