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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is it hidden?
(a) In the apartment.
(b) In the car.
(c) In a bank.
(d) In her back pocket.

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

4. What would Jay do with it if he finds it?
(a) Send it to Eddie.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Tell his Uncle Louie.

5. With what has Eddie been challenged?
(a) Understanding how to sell scrap metal.
(b) Understanding Spanish.
(c) Understanding the foreign currency.
(d) Understanding the southern accents.

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

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

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

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

10. What news does Eddie's doctor give?
(a) He only has a few days to live.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is as healthy as a horse.
(d) He has an irregular heartbeat.

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

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

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

14. What is Bella and Johnny's plan?
(a) To have children right away.
(b) To move into Grandma Kurnitz's home.
(c) To go back to school together.
(d) To open a restaurant together.

15. How does Grandma Kurnitz feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) World weary.
(d) Annoyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Johnny?

2. Why does the doctor diagnose Eddie with this?

3. With what good news is Bella bursting?

4. How is Louie compared to Eddie?

5. Why does Grandma Kurnitz especially see no point in doing this?

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