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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 do the boys come to understand about their father?
(a) He is a dishonorable man.
(b) He will be staying with them.
(c) He is doing an honorable thing by taking this job.
(d) He is ready for a new wife.

2. What happens because the boys are not sure of their uncle's occupation?
(a) They tell the two men where to find their uncle.
(b) They let their imaginations work overtime.
(c) They worry about him.
(d) They call him and ask him.

3. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?
(a) Worry.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Her driver.
(d) Duty.

4. What is the setting of the play?
(a) 1842, Yonkers, Pennsylvania.
(b) 1942, Yonkers, Pennsylvania.
(c) 1842, Yonkers, New York.
(d) 1942 Yonkers, New York.

5. What has happened to Eddie's wife?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has divorced him.
(c) She has become very ill.
(d) She has disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what has Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agreed?

2. For what is Eddie being treated?

3. Whose living room is it?

4. What has the war done for Eddie?

5. How does Eddie tell the boys?

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