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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beach does the narrator's family stay at during the summers?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) Bradley Beach.
(d) Neptune Beach.

2. What is the name of the cleaning woman who works for the narrator's family?
(a) Esther.
(b) Mary.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Dorothy.

3. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?
(a) Steak.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Chicken.

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

5. What does the narrator say he's the son in?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A Polish joke.
(c) A hell.
(d) A Jewish joke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name?

2. What was the narrator's mother called in high school?

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

4. What is the psychiatrist's name to whom the narrator speaks?

5. What does the narrator keep hidden in the basement for the purpose of pleasuring himself?

(see the answer key)

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