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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Teddy suggest to Ruth after they have been home awhile?
(a) Teddy suggests they change their clothes.
(b) Teddy suggests they light a fire.
(c) Teddy suggests they go to bed.
(d) Teddy suggests they get something to eat.

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

5. Where did the deed to the house come from?
(a) It was won in a poker game.
(b) Max bought the house as a young man.
(c) It was an inheritance.
(d) It was a foreclosure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Sam give for believing that he is the best at his job?

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

3. What does Lenny ask Ruth to do?

4. What does Ruth want to do by herself shortly after she and Teddy arrive at the family home?

5. What does Sam say about Max wanting him out of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lenny says he envies Teddy for what reasons?

2. Just after they arrive at the house, what does Teddy reassure Ruth about?

3. What story Lenny tells Ruth after he has asked to hold her hand?

4. Describe Max's attitude toward his brother Sam.

5. What does Max say about his understanding of female horses?

6. When Max comes downstairs complaining of noise, what kind of an explanation does Lenny give?

7. When Lenny first greets his brother, why does the conversation involve a clock?

8. What does Max mean when he uses the phrase "one flow of stinking pus after another?"

9. Max threatens violence toward his son Lenny at different points in the play; give one example.

10. Throughout the play, Max verbally abuses his son Joey; give an example of this verbal abuse.

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