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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. What does Bella do all the time?
(a) Cook.
(b) Talk.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Dream.

2. How does the scene open?
(a) With the voice-over of Eddie's letter.
(b) With the boys talking about their father.
(c) With Jay reading his father's letter.
(d) With Bella welcoming the boys to her home.

3. To what has Grandma Kurnitz reluctantly agreed?
(a) To let the boys go.
(b) Keep the boys.
(c) Make dinner for the family.
(d) Allow Eddie to stay.

4. For what is Eddie being treated?
(a) Headaches.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) A cut.
(d) Cancer.

5. By what is Grandma Kurnitz driven?
(a) Worry.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Her driver.
(d) Duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are their feelings short-lived?

2. What does Louie eventually reveal?

3. After what is Jay scrambling upstairs?

4. How do the boys feel about the intruder?

5. Why does the doctor diagnose Eddie with this?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Uncle Louie?

2. How does this scene begin?

3. Why do the boys feel the way they do?

4. Describe the confrontation between Bella and Grandma Kurnitz.

5. Why is Bella happy the boys are still there?

6. How grateful is Eddie for what his mother has done for him?

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

8. What is the setting of the play?

9. How does Louis feel about being forced to stay longer at Grandma's house?

10. Why is the boys' fear short-lived?

(see the answer keys)

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