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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. What does Grandma do, regarding Bella?

2. Where is it hidden?

3. With what good news is Bella bursting?

4. How have Eddie and the boys been left?

5. What does Grandma Kurnitz see no point in doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Bella?

3. Why is Bella enthusiastic?

4. How does Louie react to Jay's question?

5. How does Grandma respond to Bella's behavior?

6. How does this act open?

7. What is Bella and Johnny's plan?

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

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

10. When do the boys' feelings escalate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arty and Jay do not want to stay with their grandmother.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) Why must they stay with their grandmother?

Part 3) How are they able to accept that they must stay with her?

Essay Topic 2

Grandma Kurnitz had shut down emotionally after the loss of two of her children.

Part 1) What is she beginning to realize about this behavior?

Part 2) How does she come to this realization?

Part 3) How does this realization affect the other family members?

Essay Topic 3

Grandma Kurnitz is forced to view Bella differently.

Part 1) What is Grandma Kurnitz's original view of Bella?

Part 2) How does her view of her change?

Part 3) Why does she view Bella differently by the end of the play?

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