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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. 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) Arty and Jay are eating candy in the store.
(c) Eddie is saying goodbye to his sons.
(d) Grandma Kurnitz is arguing with Bella.

2. Why does Grandma chastise Bella?
(a) For sneaking into the apartment.
(b) For not getting a real job.
(c) For wasting money on movies and movie magazines.
(d) For stealing from them.

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

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

5. At first, what does Louie tell the boys?
(a) He is going to find Eddie.
(b) He is moving in with them.
(c) The gun is not his.
(d) He is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grandma Kurnitz especially see no point in doing this?

2. What has Bella always wanted?

3. What would Jay do with it if he finds it?

4. How does Grandma Kurnitz feel?

5. Why does Bella stealthily enter the apartment?

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