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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a new intrigue for the boys?
(a) A new kid on the block.
(b) Grandma's boyfriend.
(c) A black Studebaker.
(d) School.

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

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

4. Who is speaking at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Bella.
(b) Jay.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Arty.

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

6. What have Arty and Jay received?
(a) A note from the doctor.
(b) Letters from their mother.
(c) Another letter from their father.
(d) Report cards.

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

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

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

10. What is the setting of the play?
(a) 1942, Yonkers, Pennsylvania.
(b) 1942 Yonkers, New York.
(c) 1842, Yonkers, Pennsylvania.
(d) 1842, Yonkers, New York.

11. Describe Grandma's life.
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Hard.
(c) Easy.
(d) Boring.

12. Why are these dreams unrealistic?
(a) Only wealthy people can have dreams like that.
(b) No one can attain these dreams.
(c) The people who have the dreams have no chance of attaining them.
(d) Boyfriends will get you nowhere.

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

14. Where are two strange men located?
(a) In the backyard.
(b) Around the block.
(c) By the school.
(d) Inside the black Studebaker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How could finding this help Bella?

2. How do the boys feel about the intruder?

3. With what else has Eddie been challenged?

4. When are the boys even more mesmerized?

5. Of what is the voice-over?

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