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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 asks Max to loan him some money.
(b) Lenny asks Max about the night he was conceived.
(c) Lenny tells Max that Sam turned up the radio.
(d) Lenny blames the noise on Joey and his friends.

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

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

4. What reason does Max give for Sam having never married?
(a) He hates women.
(b) He's never met the right woman.
(c) He can't afford to get married.
(d) He's too busy having sex in the back seat.

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

6. What does Lenny say when Ruth asks how he knew the prostitute was diseased?
(a) Lenny says the prostitute's mother told him she was diseased.
(b) Lenny says the prostitute told him she was diseased.
(c) Lenny says a buddy told him the prostitute was diseased.
(d) Lenny says he just decided she was diseased.

7. Who has fond memories of a father who played with him and took good care of him?
(a) Sam
(b) Max
(c) Lenny
(d) Joey

8. After Sam reminds Max that he took Jessie out in a limo because he was taking care of her, what does Max call Sam?
(a) A dirty thief
(b) A rotten cheat
(c) A maggot and a grub
(d) A sheep in wolf's clothing

9. How does Max taunt Joey?
(a) Max says Joey will never have a good job.
(b) Max says Joey has no girlfriends.
(c) Max says Joey has few skills for his sport.
(d) Max says Joey is overweight.

10. When Lenny gets flustered, what does Ruth do?
(a) Ruth laughs.
(b) Ruth apologizes.
(c) Ruth pats Lenny on the head.
(d) Ruth sits on Lenny's lap.

11. What complaint does Max have about his sons?
(a) Max says that his sons have no ambition.
(b) Max says that his sons are both unfriendly.
(c) Max says that his sons always want him to take care of them.
(d) Max says that his sons eat too much.

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

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

14. What does Lenny say Max used to always like doing?
(a) Tucking his sons into bed.
(b) Taking his sons on outings.
(c) Singing with his sons.
(d) Playing ball with his sons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teddy tell Ruth about the house?

2. What do Lenny and Max bicker about?

3. When he first appears in the play, Max enters the living room and is looking for a scissor for what reason?

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

5. What did Lenny tell Ruth he had been asked to help an old woman with?

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