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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator's mother's maiden name?
(a) Fleiman.
(b) Ginsky.
(c) Swartz.
(d) Williams.

2. What does the narrator resent being sent to buy at the store for his mother?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Birthday cards.
(c) Kotex.
(d) Toilet paper.

3. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Days with Mother.
(b) The Teenage Years.
(c) Whacking Off.
(d) Adolescence.

4. What did the narrator's college girlfriend at Antioch do?
(a) Edit a fashion magazine.
(b) Edit a literary magazine.
(c) Edit the yearbook.
(d) Taught classes.

5. What nickname did the narrator have for his college girlfriend?
(a) The Geisha.
(b) The China Doll.
(c) The Barbie.
(d) The Pumkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator refer to as his "final downfall and humiliation" in Chapter 6?

2. How old is the girl whom the main character has his first sexual experience?

3. What did the narrator write as his favorite profession when he was in eighth grade?

4. Where does the narrator's family move in 1941?

5. What do the narrator's parents complain about when they come visit him at his apartment?

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