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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. Which character does Max refer to as a "maggot" and a "grub"?
(a) Lenny
(b) Joey
(c) Sam
(d) Teddy

2. What does Joey say when Max tells him that he will have time to do what he needs to do and still be able to go with Max?
(a) Joey still refuses.
(b) Joey agrees to go.
(c) Joey tells him to invite someone else.
(d) Joey ignores Max.

3. What kind of response does Max get from the family to his question about the surprising appearance of his son and a woman Max does not know, suddenly standing in his living room?
(a) Lenny apologizes.
(b) Joey leaves.
(c) No one says anything.
(d) Everyone starts talking at once.

4. What does Max say about whether or not he followed his father's wishes?
(a) Max said he did what his father asked.
(b) Max said he resented what his father asked him.
(c) Max said he left home.
(d) Max said he decided it wasn't his responsibility.

5. When Teddy and Ruth come downstairs and Max sees them for the first time, what does he want to know?
(a) If Lenny and Joey had made too much noise during the night
(b) If anyone knew Teddy and Ruth were in the house
(c) If Sam had given Teddy and Ruth a wedding gift
(d) If someone gave Teddy and Ruth breakfast

Short Answer Questions

1. In his long speech, what does Teddy call the members of his family?

2. How many women appear onstage in the play?

3. How many children does Ruth have?

4. Who does Sam say was a hard worker and a fast learner?

5. After Lenny mocks Teddy's inability to answer his question, what subject does the conversation change to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Act One, scene 3 begins the morning after Teddy and Ruth have arrived; what characters have not yet met Ruth?

2. When Teddy and Ruth come downstairs and surprise Max, what is the first thing he wants to know?

3. What word does Teddy used to describe the members of his family?

4. Why does Max hit Joey?

5. Describe Max's initial reaction to Ruth.

6. What violent action does Max take against Sam?

7. As Act Two opens, what positive and negative comments does Max make about his late wife?

8. By the end of the first act, which characters has Max abused both verbally and physically?

9. What argument do Max and Joey have at the beginning of the Act 1, Scene 3?

10. What is Ruth's response to Teddy's urging her to pack up and go home with him?

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