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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what can Grandma Kurnitz not listen?
(a) Gert consoling Bella.
(b) Any more of Louie's yelling.
(c) Any more of Bella's foolishness.
(d) The boys helping Bella.

2. How is the opening of this scene different from other scenes?
(a) It is not a voice-over.
(b) It is not a letter.
(c) It is a letter from Louie.
(d) It is a letter from Jay to his father.

3. How does Grandma Kurnitz react to what Bella divulges?
(a) She is sad.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is not surprised.
(d) She is horrified.

4. Why must Jay help Bella convey her news?
(a) She fumbles.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She cannot speak.

5. How does Louie respond to this news?
(a) He yells at Bella.
(b) He calls Johnny to tell him to leave his sister alone.
(c) He laughs very loudly.
(d) Louie loudly expresses his opinion about the man's real intentions toward Bella.

6. About what are Arty and Jay concerned?
(a) Aunt Bella has been gone for two nights ever since the argument after dinner the other night.
(b) Louie has left and has not given anyone news of his location.
(c) They have not heard from their father.
(d) Grandma has not come out of her room.

7. What does Bella divulge?
(a) She does not love her mother.
(b) She has been intimate with Johnny.
(c) The many intimate encounters she has had with men over the years.
(d) The many movies she has seen.

8. How is Louie insulted?
(a) When Bella asks him to leave.
(b) When his mother tells him he is worthless.
(c) When Grandma Kurnitz returns $100 that Louie had left on her bureau.
(d) When the boys tell him they do not want him around anymore.

9. Who has enlisted in the armed forces?
(a) Gert.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Uncle Louie.
(d) Eddie.

10. How do the family members respond to this news?
(a) They are not surprised.
(b) They are irritated.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They do not understand.

11. What has happened to those who cannot deal with Grandma Kurnitz?
(a) They have not been affected by her.
(b) They suffer in some personal way from her lack of affection.
(c) They have moved out and never spoken to her again.
(d) They ignore her.

12. How do the boys say goodbye to their grandmother?
(a) They shake her hand.
(b) They wave goodbye.
(c) With a kiss.
(d) They say goodbye.

13. Into what have the boys settled by this time?
(a) School.
(b) Yonkers.
(c) The household.
(d) Receiving letters from their father.

14. What does Jay swear to Louie?
(a) He does not plan on yelling at him ever again.
(b) He will return the gift.
(c) He does not plan to rob anybody.
(d) He will not surprise him ever again.

15. Who is the bravest of all Grandma Kurnitz's children?
(a) Louie.
(b) Gert.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Bella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Louie given her?

2. What does Jay reveal to Arty?

3. Grandma Kurnitz comes into the room just as who else walks into the room?

4. What does Grandma Kurnitz try to impress on her daughter?

5. Where has Bella been staying?

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