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

2. What is there more of at this home than Arty and Jay could ever have imagined?
(a) Fun.
(b) Intrigue.
(c) Family members.
(d) Food.

3. Whose living room is it?
(a) Grandma Kurnitz's.
(b) Eddie Kurnitz's.
(c) Great Uncle Louie Kurnitz's.
(d) Arty Kurnitz's.

4. Why does Bella stealthily enter the apartment?
(a) She is robbing the people living in the apartment.
(b) She is practicing being light on her feet.
(c) She does not want to wake the boys.
(d) So as not to rouse Grandma.

5. What is below the apartment?
(a) Kurnitz's Kandy Store.
(b) Kurnitz's Kiddy Store.
(c) Kurnitz's Kool Store.
(d) Kurnitz's Kracker Jack Store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Eddie's sales route taken him?

2. Why must Eddie keep working, even after hearing the doctor's diagnosis?

3. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?

4. What do Johnny and Bella need for their plan to work?

5. What fascinates the boys?

(see the answer key)

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