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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. On what subject does Lenny ask Max for advice?
(a) Dating a girl
(b) Buying a used car
(c) Betting on a horse
(d) Finding a new job

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

7. 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 Max is selfish.
(c) Sam says that Max would be lonesome.
(d) Sam says that he owns part of the house.

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

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

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

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

12. 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) Teddy
(c) His father
(d) His dead mother

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

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

15. 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 to loan him some money.
(d) Lenny asks Max about the night he was conceived.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Max tell Lenny to stop?

3. Who was Jessie?

4. The first time Max mentions a man named MacGregor, what does he say about him?

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

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