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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Grandma's life.
(a) Hard.
(b) Boring.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Easy.

2. Why does Grandma chastise Bella?
(a) For stealing from them.
(b) For wasting money on movies and movie magazines.
(c) For not getting a real job.
(d) For sneaking into the apartment.

3. How does the scene open?
(a) With Jay reading his father's letter.
(b) With the voice-over of Eddie's letter.
(c) With the boys talking about their father.
(d) With Bella welcoming the boys to her home.

4. How does the scene open?
(a) Grandma Kurnitz is arguing with Bella.
(b) Arty and Jay are eating candy in the store.
(c) Eddie is saying goodbye to his sons.
(d) Two boys, Arty and Jay, sit uncomfortably on the couch waiting for their Father, Eddie, to emerge from Grandma's bedroom.

5. Of what is the voice-over?
(a) Grandma arguing with Bella.
(b) Arty and Jay's letter to their father.
(c) An announcement about refreshments offered during intermission.
(d) Eddie's letter to Arty and Jay

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the play?

2. To what has Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agreed?

3. What does Bella do all the time?

4. Describe Bella.

5. Whose living room is it?

(see the answer key)

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