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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"
(a) His father.
(b) His first-grade teacher.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

2. What happened to the intellectual journals the protagonist sent to his father?
(a) They were burned.
(b) They were thrown out.
(c) They were mailed back.
(d) They were put in the library.

3. How does the narrator's mother say that Melvin Weiner gave himself colitis?
(a) Eating potato chips.
(b) Eating hamburgers.
(c) Eating pickles.
(d) Eating chazerai.

4. What is the narrator's mother doing when he sees her menstrual blood?
(a) Koshering meat.
(b) Baking cookies.
(c) Serving dinner.
(d) Sewing.

5. What is the term the narrator uses to mean "spank?"
(a) Potch.
(b) Swat.
(c) Putch.
(d) Spat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's father?

2. What does the narrator eat which makes his mother weep in Chapter 2?

3. What does the narrator's mother obsess over him catching?

4. Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork?

5. Of what faith is the narrator's family?

(see the answer key)

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