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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?
(a) She talks to her in the morning.
(b) She sleeps right through.
(c) She hears her.
(d) She writes her a letter.

2. What has Eddie taken?
(a) Grandma Kurnitz's secret stash of money.
(b) A job.
(c) His sons to live with him.
(d) Money from a bank.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How are the boys feeling about their new environment?
(a) Unsure.
(b) They are settling in.
(c) Worried.
(d) Annoyed.

10. Describe Bella.
(a) Angry and mean.
(b) Sad and nervous.
(c) Mentally and emotionally challenged.
(d) Bright and a know-it-all.

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

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

13. What does Bella tell the boys that Grandma has hidden?
(a) A dead body.
(b) $10,000 or $15,000.
(c) Expensive jewelry.
(d) A weapon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bella stealthily enter the apartment?

2. Who is Johnny?

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

4. What news does Eddie's doctor give?

5. What have Arty and Jay received?

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