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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. What do the neighborhood women play with the narrator's mother?
(a) Trivial Pursuit.
(b) Bingo.
(c) Mah-jongg.
(d) Poker.

2. What is the name of the narrator's sister's husband?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Martin.
(c) Morty.
(d) Christopher.

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

4. What kind of grades does the young narrator make?
(a) All Fs.
(b) All Ds.
(c) All Cs.
(d) All As.

5. Where did the narrator eat a seafood dinner with his sister and her fiance in Chapter 4?
(a) Park Slope.
(b) Sheepshead Bay.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Brooklyn Heights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one topic the narrator says is the only thing to which his father can "sink his teeth?"

2. What non-kosher food does the narrator have for dinner while out with his sister?

3. What is the principle ailment of the narrator's father?

4. What is the name of the company for whom the narrator's father works?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

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