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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does he tell them not to worry?
(a) He and Eddie used to do the same thing when they were young.
(b) Bella is a strong woman.
(c) Eddie will be successful.
(d) He believes he has control over her life.

3. Where has Eddie's sales route taken him?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Into the southern states.
(d) The Bronx.

4. What does Grandma do after chastising Bella?
(a) She tells her to go see another movie.
(b) She tells her to break up with her boyfriend.
(c) She takes the magazines and retreats to the bedroom.
(d) She sends her to her room.

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

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

7. What does Grandma Kurnitz see no point in doing?
(a) Calling Eddie.
(b) Endorsing her daughter's dreams.
(c) Getting out of bed.
(d) Sending the boys to school.

8. Why does Grandma Kurnitz especially see no point in doing this?
(a) Eddie will not be coming home any time soon.
(b) Her life is a waste.
(c) The boys are educated enough.
(d) Bella has a learning disability and is immature.

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

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

11. What has the war done for Eddie?
(a) Caused him to lose his job.
(b) Killed his wife.
(c) It has paralyzed him from being thrown from his vehicle.
(d) It has provided a relatively high-paying job in scrap iron that would never have existed before.

12. For whom are the two men looking?
(a) Eddie.
(b) The boys' Uncle Louie.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Bella.

13. For what is Eddie being treated?
(a) A cut.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Headaches.

14. How does the scene open?
(a) Eddie is saying goodbye to his sons.
(b) Arty and Jay are eating candy in the store.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz is arguing with Bella.
(d) Two boys, Arty and Jay, sit uncomfortably on the couch waiting for their Father, Eddie, to emerge from Grandma's bedroom.

15. How must Bella feel about movies?
(a) Unsure.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Passionately.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Louie tell the boys not to worry?

2. Why are their feelings short-lived?

3. How does Grandma Kurnitz feel?

4. What is Bella and Johnny's plan?

5. How are the boys feeling about their new environment?

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