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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) Birth defects.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Mental illness.

2. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?
(a) The boys' discomfort escalates.
(b) They cry.
(c) They are excited.
(d) They are angry.

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

4. What does Bella do all the time?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Dream.
(c) Talk.
(d) Cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is below the apartment?

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

3. What does it mean to be stealthy?

4. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

5. Why will Eddie be doing this?

(see the answer key)

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