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

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

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

4. How could finding this help Bella?
(a) She could protect herself with it.
(b) It would be an answer to her prayers.
(c) It would look pretty on her.
(d) It would help her solve the dead man's mystery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Bella able to understand this?

3. What fascinates the boys?

4. With what good news is Bella bursting?

5. How does the scene open?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Eddie be doing to pay back the loan shark?

2. Describe the confrontation between Bella and Grandma Kurnitz.

3. What has happened to Uncle Louie?

4. What do the boys come to understand about their father?

5. What happens when Grandma Kurnitz and Bella see one another?

6. What is wrong with Arty?

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

8. How much time has gone by?

9. Why is Bella in a good mood?

10. Why is Jay scrambling upstairs?

(see the answer keys)

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