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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. The narrator refers, in Chapter 4, to his father being "a real Jewish" what?
(a) Clown.
(b) Desperado.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Cowboy.

2. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Morty.
(d) His sister.

3. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Andrew Portnoy.
(b) Jack Portnoy.
(c) Alexander Portnoy.
(d) Augustine Portnoy.

4. What does the narrator tell his parents he has which makes him spend so much time in the bathroom?
(a) Constipation.
(b) A fever.
(c) A sore throat.
(d) Diarrhea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's mother doing when he sees her menstrual blood?

3. Who is the narrator sitting next to on the bus in Chapter 4?

4. Where is the narrator's uncle's store?

5. What does the narrator say doesn't grow on trees in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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