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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. Why does Grandma Kurnitz especially see no point in doing this?
(a) Bella has a learning disability and is immature.
(b) Her life is a waste.
(c) The boys are educated enough.
(d) Eddie will not be coming home any time soon.

2. Why will Eddie be doing this?
(a) He trusts the loan shark.
(b) He has broken the law.
(c) He needs to borrow more money.
(d) It is the quickest legal way to earn the money.

3. Why are the boys strangers to this place?
(a) Grandma Kurnitz is not their real grandmother.
(b) Grandma Kurnitz never liked the boys' mother.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz has recently moved.
(d) They have been living out of the country since birth.

4. What must Eddie do?
(a) Find his father.
(b) Travel for several months.
(c) Locate his wife.
(d) Find a place to live with his sons.

5. What has the war done for Eddie?
(a) Caused him to lose his job.
(b) It has provided a relatively high-paying job in scrap iron that would never have existed before.
(c) Killed his wife.
(d) It has paralyzed him from being thrown from his vehicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Grandma's life.

2. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?

3. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

4. What do the boys come to understand about their father?

5. What will Eddie be doing?

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