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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is Neil seeing Brenda now?
(a) Every weekend.
(b) Every evening.
(c) Every Wednesday evening.
(d) Twice a week.

2. What happens when Julie loses the game?
(a) She upsets the chess board and scatters the pieces.
(b) She throws her ping pong paddle at Neil and says she hates him.
(c) She takes the dart board off the wall.
(d) She starts laughing because she let Neil win.

3. What does Neil think that shows he is infatuated with Brenda?
(a) Neil thinks she looks like Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Neil cannot stop looking at her knees.
(c) Neil thinks she has two wet triangles on the back of her white polo shirt where wings would have been if she had been an angel.
(d) Neil does not notice Brenda's crooked teeth.

4. How does Neil avoid the issue of the boy wanting to check the Gauguin book out of the library?
(a) He says it is a reference book only and cannot be taken out.
(b) He says it is on hold and he can only look at it in the library.
(c) He says it is in need of repair and too fragile to take out.
(d) He says the boy needs to have his mother get a library card first.

5. Why does Neil tell Aunt Gladys he is going to the Patimkin's house for a week?
(a) He says that he wants to give Aunt Gladys a vacation from him for a week.
(b) He says he hope Mr. Patimkin will help him get ahead in the world.
(c) He says he is expecting to propose to Brenda.
(d) Neil says he is just taking a vacation, because he deserves one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil take out of the refrigerator in the basement?

2. Ironically, where is Mr. Patimkin's store that makes all the money for the family to live in Short Hills?

3. Where are the Patimkin's going while Neil babysits?

4. Why does the boy not want to check out the Gauguin book after Neil promises to help him?

5. How does Neil evaluate Mr. Patimkin's intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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