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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 Lenny ask Ruth to do?
(a) Go for a walk with him
(b) Tour the house
(c) Share her dessert
(d) Hold his hand

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, instead of Max, does Lenny say he should have asked for an answer to a question that's been bothering him?

2. What does Teddy take upstairs?

3. What do Lenny and Ruth argue about?

4. Which character has been on stage all through the first scene of the play?

5. How long ago did Teddy move out of the family home?

Short Essay Questions

1. "The Homecoming" takes place in an old London house where four men live. Who are these men and how are they related to each other?

2. Explain how Sam feels about his performance at work.

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

4. What does Lenny ask his father about the night he was conceived?

5. Lenny says he envies Teddy for what reasons?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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