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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Eddie been forced to do?
(a) End his wife's treatments.
(b) Get a job as a coal miner.
(c) Borrow from a loan shark.
(d) Steal from his neighbors.

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

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

4. Of what is the voice-over?
(a) An announcement about refreshments offered during intermission.
(b) Eddie's letter to Arty and Jay
(c) Arty and Jay's letter to their father.
(d) Grandma arguing with Bella.

5. Who is speaking at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Bella.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Jay.
(d) Arty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louie for the boys?

2. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

3. What makes Bella seem like a child?

4. What news does Eddie's doctor give?

5. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?

(see the answer key)

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