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

2. Why must Eddie keep working, even after hearing the doctor's diagnosis?
(a) He needs to pay back the loan shark.
(b) He loves to work.
(c) He does not feel as bad as the doctor makes his diagnosis sound.
(d) He enjoys his job.

3. What will Eddie be doing?
(a) Borrowing more money.
(b) Selling scrap metal.
(c) Borrowing money from a loan shark.
(d) Going to jail.

4. How have Eddie and the boys been left?
(a) Deeply in debt.
(b) With a large amount of money from their mother's will.
(c) Speechless.
(d) In need of another mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what has Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agreed?

2. What has Eddie taken?

3. How does Grandma Kurnitz feel?

4. What does Bella enjoy doing?

5. What must Eddie do?

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