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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. Describe Bella.
(a) Sad and nervous.
(b) Angry and mean.
(c) Bright and a know-it-all.
(d) Mentally and emotionally challenged.

2. Where do Grandma and her daughter, Bella, work?
(a) Kurnitz's Kiddy Store.
(b) Jacopo's Diner.
(c) Mendelssohn's Violin Shop.
(d) Kurnitz's Kandy Store.

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

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

5. What does it mean to be stealthy?
(a) Ignorant and lazy.
(b) Strong and healthy.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Secret in action or character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose living room is it?

2. What has the war done for Eddie?

3. What is the setting of the play?

4. What has Eddie been forced to do?

5. Why does Grandma chastise Bella?

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