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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the scene open?
(a) With the boys talking about their father.
(b) With Bella welcoming the boys to her home.
(c) With the voice-over of Eddie's letter.
(d) With Jay reading his father's letter.

2. How do the family members respond to this news?
(a) They are irritated.
(b) They are not surprised.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They do not understand.

3. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?
(a) They cry.
(b) They are excited.
(c) They are angry.
(d) The boys' discomfort escalates.

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

5. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?
(a) Anemia.
(b) Birth defects.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jay swear to Louie?

3. How must Bella feel about movies?

4. In spite of all their differences, what do each of the family members need?

5. What are the boys trying to do?

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