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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. Who is Johnny?
(a) The boy next door.
(b) The usher from the theater.
(c) Grandma's boyfriend.
(d) The boy who mows the grass.

2. Whose living room is it?
(a) Great Uncle Louie Kurnitz's.
(b) Grandma Kurnitz's.
(c) Arty Kurnitz's.
(d) Eddie Kurnitz's.

3. How does Eddie tell the boys?
(a) He comes home to tell them.
(b) In his letter to them.
(c) He calls them on the phone.
(d) He writes a letter to his mother.

4. Why are these dreams unrealistic?
(a) The people who have the dreams have no chance of attaining them.
(b) Boyfriends will get you nowhere.
(c) Only wealthy people can have dreams like that.
(d) No one can attain these dreams.

5. What has happened to Eddie's wife?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has disappeared.
(c) She has divorced him.
(d) She has become very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Jay do with it if he finds it?

2. What does it mean to be stealthy?

3. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?

4. What is there more of at this home than Arty and Jay could ever have imagined?

5. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

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