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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Her driver.
(c) Duty.
(d) Worry.

5. Who are Arty and Jay?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Enemies.

6. To whom is this character speaking?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Arty and Jay.
(c) Bella.
(d) Grandma Kurnitz.

7. What does Louie do for Arty and Jay?
(a) He takes them with him.
(b) He gives them a treat.
(c) Puts them on his payroll.
(d) He calls their dad for them.

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

9. What has happened to Eddie's wife?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has divorced him.
(c) She has disappeared.
(d) She has become very ill.

10. What does the entry of a strange man into the apartment do to the boys?
(a) It does not frighten them.
(b) It excites them.
(c) It awakens them.
(d) It goes unnoticed.

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

12. What does Louie divulge to the boys?
(a) He wants to take them with him when he leaves.
(b) He is on the run from the law.
(c) He found Grandma's treasure.
(d) How Grandma Kurnitz shut down emotionally when two of her children died.

13. How could finding this help Bella?
(a) She could protect herself with it.
(b) It would help her solve the dead man's mystery.
(c) It would look pretty on her.
(d) It would be an answer to her prayers.

14. When are the boys even more mesmerized?
(a) When Grandma puts fear in everyone, including the adults.
(b) When the pet rat learns new tricks.
(c) When Johnny brings them popcorn and candy.
(d) When they see Louie's gun inside his jacket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Eddie's doctor give?

2. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?

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

4. Where is it hidden?

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

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