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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Eddie's doctor give?
(a) He only has a few days to live.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is as healthy as a horse.
(d) He has an irregular heartbeat.

2. Why are these dreams unrealistic?
(a) Boyfriends will get you nowhere.
(b) Only wealthy people can have dreams like that.
(c) The people who have the dreams have no chance of attaining them.
(d) No one can attain these dreams.

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

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

5. What do Johnny and Bella need for their plan to work?
(a) $5,000.
(b) Training.
(c) A location.
(d) Clients.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have Eddie and the boys been left?

2. How are the boys feeling about their new environment?

3. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?

4. What is there more of at this home than Arty and Jay could ever have imagined?

5. What does Bella enjoy doing?

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