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Question 1

Eddie quotations part 1

Answer 1

“clack, clack, clack. The heads are turnin’ like windmills” -A1 P6
“You’re gettin’ to be a big girl now” -A1 P6
“remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away” A1 P6

Question 2

Eddie quotations part 2

Answer 2

“His eyes were like tunnels” A1 P31
“Listen (…) will you listen to me a minute? (…) I want you to listen to me.” A1 P32
“What’re you talkin’ about marry me! I don’t know what the hell you’re talkin’ about” A1 p35

Question 3

Eddie quotations part 3

Answer 3

“Now, listen-“ A2 P62 dash following imperative
“I want my name!” A2P62 childlike plea
‘Little bits of laughter even escape him as his eyes turn murderous’ -A2 P63

Question 4

Catherine quotations part 1

Answer 4

“(running her hands over her skirt) I just got it. You like it?” A1 P5
‘Almost in tears because he disapproves’ A1 P6
“I’m gonna buy all new dishes with my first pay!”

Question 5

Catherine quotations part 2

Answer 5

“Because you think you’re a baby” A1P30 emphasis on “you”
“You still walk around in front of him in your slip” A1 P30
“I wanted to tell him something and I- (…) and I’m happy so I-“ -A1P30

Question 6

Catherine quotations part 3

Answer 6

“Who the hell do you think you are?” A2p61
“You got no right to tell nobody nothin’! Nobody! The rest of your life, nobody!” A2 P61
“How can you listen to him? This rat!” A2 P61

Question 7

Marco quotations part 1

Answer 7

“I want to tell you now Eddie- when you say go, we will go.” A1P16
“My wife- (To Eddie) My wife- I want to send right away maybe twenty dollars” A2 P19
“Yes. He’ll be quiet. (To Rodolfo) You’ll be quiet.” A2P21

Question 8

Marco quotations part 2

Answer 8

E: "You know what I mean Marco? It ain't so different here"
M: "(cautiously) Yes." A1P38
"You understand me don't you Marco?
"I beg your pardon, Eddie" A1P39
"Can you lift up this chair?" A1 P42

Question 9

Marco quotations part 3

Answer 9

“That one! He killed my children! That one stole the food from my children!” A2 P58
“The law? All the law is not in one book” A2P59
“Animal! You go on your knees to me!” A2P63

Question 10

Rodolfo quotations part 1

Answer 10

“the machine is necessary” A1P20- materialistic
“Oh sure! I sing jazz” A1 P20
“(indicating Catherine) Especially when they are so beautiful” A1P22

Question 11

Rodolfo quotations part 2

Answer 11

“No, I- I’m tired” A1P39
“I don’t want to hit you, Eddie” A1 P41
“Dance, Catherine. Come” A1P41

Question 12

Rodolfo quotations part 3

Answer 12

“Marco is coming, Eddie (…) He’s praying in the church.”A2P61
“it is my fault, Eddie. Everything (…) I kiss your hand (He reaches out for Eddie’s hand but Eddie snaps it away from him) A2 P62
“maybe when Marco comes, if we can tell him we are comrades now (…) Then maybe Marco will not-“ A2P62

Question 13

Beatrice quotations part 1

Answer 13

“I’m- I just- I can’t believe it! I didn’t even buy a new tablecloth” A1P7
“I’m just afraid if it don’t turn out good you’ll be mad at me.” A1P8
“You’re an angel!”

Question 14

Beatrice quotations part 2

Answer 14

“When am I gonna be a wife again, Eddie?” A1P24
“Well tell me what-“ A1P24
“I want you to cut it out now , you hear me?” A1P24

Question 15

Beatrice quotations part 3

Answer 15

“(With fear, going to Eddie) I’ll be back in about an hour Eddie. All right?” A2P60
“You want somethin’ else, Eddie, and you can never have her!” A2 P62
‘He dies in her arms and Beatrice covers him with her body’ A2P62

Question 16

Alfieri quotations part 1

Answer 16

“Now look Eddie-“ A1P33
“I could have finished the story that afternoon” A1P35
“I could see every step coming, step after step, like a dark figure moving down the hall to a certain door” A1P35

Question 17

Alfieri quotations part 2

Answer 17

“his eyes were like tunnels.”A2P48
“Morally and legally you have no rights, you cannot stop it; she is a free agent”A2P49
“You won’t have a friend in the world Eddie!” A2P49

Question 18

Alfieri quotations part 3

Answer 18

“We settle for half and I like it better” A2P64- nothing can be perfect, 1st person plural shows we should all think the same thing
“not purely good, but himself purely” A2P64 antithesis- incomplete resolution
“And so I mourn him- I admit it- with a certain… alarm.” P64 ellipses shows unresolved tension

Question 19

Eddie +Catherine quotations part 1

Answer 19

“So you gonna start Monday, heh Madonna?” P14
“You know that kid?” P15
“Here! I’ll light it for you!” P15

Question 20

Eddie+Catherine quotations part 2

Answer 20

“you’re gonna make me cry here.” P28
E: “don’t break my heart, listen to me”
C: “I don’t want to hear it”
“if it was a prince came here for you it would be no different”

Question 21

Eddie+Catherine quotations part 3

Answer 21

“Who the hell do you think you are?” p61
“He’s a rat! He belongs in the sewer” P61
C: “Eddie, I never meant to do nothing bad to you.”
E: “Then why- Oh, B” p64

Question 22

Eddie +Beatrice quotations part 1

Answer 22

“She’s no baby no more.” P11
“You lived in a house all your life, what do you know about it? You never worked a day in your life.” P12
“Yeah, but my mother’ll know-“

Question 23

Eddie+Beatrice quotations part 2

Answer 23

“I’m no different” P51
“But how do you know?” P52
“Well, you kept her a baby, you wouldn’t let her go out. I told you a hundred times.”

Question 24

Eddie+Beatrice quotations part 3

Answer 24

“You walk out that door to that wedding you ain’t comin’ back here Beatrice” P60
B: “Listen to me, I love you” vs E: “Don’t bother me!”
“Then why- Oh, B” “My B.!” p64