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

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

3. What does Grandma do after chastising Bella?
(a) She tells her to break up with her boyfriend.
(b) She sends her to her room.
(c) She takes the magazines and retreats to the bedroom.
(d) She tells her to go see another movie.

4. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?
(a) Bella threatens to leave the house and the store.
(b) She wants to help out her son.
(c) She loves her grandsons.
(d) The boys have nowhere else to go.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma Kurnitz see no point in doing?

2. What does it mean to be stealthy?

3. What will Eddie be doing?

4. How does the scene open?

5. What does Bella enjoy doing?

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