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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into where is Bella eager to invite Arty and Jay?
(a) Her quirky life.
(b) The movie theatre.
(c) Her business deal.
(d) A party.

2. What is taking place between Eddie and Grandma Kurnitz?
(a) An important conversation.
(b) A light-hearted discussion.
(c) An argument.
(d) A business agreement.

3. With what good news is Bella bursting?
(a) The good news that she intends to marry Johnny.
(b) She has a job at the movie theatre.
(c) She got into night school.
(d) She is moving.

4. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?
(a) Bella threatens to leave the house and the store.
(b) She wants to help out her son.
(c) The boys have nowhere else to go.
(d) She loves her grandsons.

5. Whose feelings were mutual?
(a) Louie's feelings for Grandma Kurnitz.
(b) The boys' mother's feelings for Grandma Kurnitz.
(c) Eddie's feelings for Grandma Kurnitz.
(d) The boys' feelings for Grandma Kurnitz.

6. What does Bella do all the time?
(a) Cook.
(b) Talk.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Dream.

7. What does it mean to be stealthy?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Strong and healthy.
(c) Ignorant and lazy.
(d) Secret in action or character.

8. What must Eddie do?
(a) Locate his wife.
(b) Find his father.
(c) Travel for several months.
(d) Find a place to live with his sons.

9. How do the boys feel about the intruder?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Fearful.

10. After what is Jay scrambling upstairs?
(a) His pet rat that has escaped its cage.
(b) Grandma.
(c) An unsuccessful mission to find Grandma Kurnitz's hidden money.
(d) His brother during a game of tag.

11. With what else has Eddie been challenged?
(a) Finding other Hindus.
(b) Finding other Jewish people.
(c) Finding other Muslims.
(d) Finding other Catholics.

12. What will Eddie be doing?
(a) Going to jail.
(b) Borrowing money from a loan shark.
(c) Borrowing more money.
(d) Selling scrap metal.

13. How must Bella feel as her mother chastises her?
(a) Bored and annoyed.
(b) Angry and upset.
(c) Unsure and irritated.
(d) Excited and anxious.

14. What does Louie sense?
(a) The boys' anger.
(b) The boys' fear.
(c) The boys' need for some adventure.
(d) The boys' lack of trust.

15. What is the war to Eddie?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Nothing new.
(c) Good news.
(d) Bad news.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?

2. What do the boys come to understand about their father?

3. How have Eddie and the boys been left?

4. Who is speaking at the beginning of the scene?

5. What is below the apartment?

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