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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agree to Eddie's request?
(a) Bella threatens to leave the house and the store.
(b) She wants to help out her son.
(c) She loves her grandsons.
(d) The boys have nowhere else to go.

2. How is Louie compared to Eddie?
(a) Exactly the same.
(b) Completely different.
(c) Similar.
(d) Identical.

3. How do the boys react when their father tells them that they will be spending the next 10 months with their Grandmother?
(a) The boys' discomfort escalates.
(b) They are excited.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They cry.

4. With what else has Eddie been challenged?
(a) Finding other Hindus.
(b) Finding other Jewish people.
(c) Finding other Muslims.
(d) Finding other Catholics.

5. To whom is this character speaking?
(a) Arty and Jay.
(b) Bella.
(c) Grandma Kurnitz.
(d) Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Arty and Jay?

2. Where has Eddie's sales route taken him?

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

4. From what had Eddie's wife suffered?

5. What does Louie eventually reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the confrontation between Bella and Grandma Kurnitz.

2. What has happened to Bella?

3. What is wrong with Arty?

4. What does the letter mention about Eddie's health?

5. Why is Bella in a good mood?

6. What is Eddie's experience as a salesman?

7. What have the boys found intriguing?

8. How are the boys doing at their Grandma's house?

9. How is the opening of this scene different than the other scenes?

10. What do Bella and Jay think about what is hiding in Grandma's house?

(see the answer keys)

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