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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. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Birth defects.
(d) Cancer.

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

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

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

5. What has Eddie been forced to do?
(a) Borrow from a loan shark.
(b) End his wife's treatments.
(c) Get a job as a coal miner.
(d) Steal from his neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose feelings were mutual?

2. Why are the boys strangers to this place?

3. What has happened to Eddie's wife?

4. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?

5. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

(see the answer key)

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