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

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

3. What is Sam's job?
(a) Security guard
(b) Factory worker
(c) Cook
(d) Chauffeur

4. When he first arrives home, what does Teddy find out about his room?
(a) His room is being rented out.
(b) His room is still the same.
(c) Max is using his room as a storage area.
(d) Lenny has moved into his room.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Teddy and Ruth first arrive at the family home, what does Ruth say she is feeling?

2. In his first appearance in the play, Joey comes home and immediately asks a question about what?

3. Where does Ruth tell Lenny she and Teddy live?

4. Who has fond memories of a father who played with him and took good care of him?

5. In what sport does Joey participate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the relationship between Max and Rose and what two other characters have the same relationship?

5. What conflicting information does Max give about MacGregor (his father)?

6. Which characters, although not seen onstage, are mentioned frequently throughout the play, and how is each related to Max?

7. When Teddy arrives at his family's home, what does he find unchanged?

8. After Lenny tells Ruth the story about a violent act he once committed, what story does he then tell Ruth about about an old woman?

9. What evidence do we have that Max dominates his brother Sam, as well as his own sons?

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

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