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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have Eddie and the boys been left?

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

3. What must Eddie do?

4. What does Bella enjoy doing?

5. What is the war to Eddie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene open?

2. What is wrong with Arty?

3. Why is Bella moving stealthily? What is the outcome?

4. What does Louie do to help both the boys and himself?

5. Why is Bella in a good mood?

6. How do Jay's feelings for his uncle grow?

7. How does the family find out about Johnny?

8. How does this scene begin?

9. What do the boys learn about their father?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is more intrigue at this home than Arty and Jay could ever have imagined.

Part 1) What is intriguing to the boys?

Part 2) How does this intrigue make life more bearable for the boys?

Part 3) What does the audience learn about other characters through this intrigue?

Essay Topic 2

Gert tries to be invisible.

Part 1) Why would she want to be invisible?

Part 2) When does she come out of hiding?

Part 3) How does she interact with the others when she does come out of hiding?

Essay Topic 3

There is a chasm that exists between Grandma Kurnitz and Bella.

Part 1) Compare and contrast Grandma and Bella.

Part 2) How do these two characters interact with one another?

Part 3) Does this chasm ever heal? How? Why?

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