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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 are the boys trying to do?
(a) Eat dinner.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Sneak out the window.
(d) Play a game.

2. 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 loves to work.
(d) He enjoys his job.

3. Why are their feelings short-lived?
(a) The man leaves quickly.
(b) The man introduces himself as their Uncle Louie.
(c) It is just Grandma.
(d) It is their father.

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

5. From where does Bella arrive home?
(a) Another afternoon at the movies.
(b) School.
(c) Work.
(d) Her friend's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exists between Grandma Kurnitz and Bella?

2. Why does Grandma chastise Bella?

3. What has the war done for Eddie?

4. What does Grandma do after chastising Bella?

5. About what does Louie tell the boys not to worry?

(see the answer key)

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