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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the boys strangers to this place?
(a) Grandma Kurnitz never liked the boys' mother.
(b) Grandma Kurnitz is not their real grandmother.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz has recently moved.
(d) They have been living out of the country since birth.

2. What does Grandma Kurnitz see no point in doing?
(a) Calling Eddie.
(b) Endorsing her daughter's dreams.
(c) Sending the boys to school.
(d) Getting out of bed.

3. Where do Grandma and her daughter, Bella, work?
(a) Kurnitz's Kandy Store.
(b) Mendelssohn's Violin Shop.
(c) Jacopo's Diner.
(d) Kurnitz's Kiddy Store.

4. Describe Bella.
(a) Sad and nervous.
(b) Mentally and emotionally challenged.
(c) Angry and mean.
(d) Bright and a know-it-all.

5. What is a new intrigue for the boys?
(a) Grandma's boyfriend.
(b) A black Studebaker.
(c) School.
(d) A new kid on the block.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Bella always wanted?

2. Why does Grandma Kurnitz especially see no point in doing this?

3. Whose feelings were mutual?

4. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?

5. Why is Bella able to understand this?

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