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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe to be cancer in his freshman year of high school?
(a) A bruise.
(b) A mole.
(c) A fever blister.
(d) A freckle.

2. What is not kosher after eating meat?
(a) Cake.
(b) Jello.
(c) Cream in coffee.
(d) Dessert.

3. How old was the narrator when he broke his knee?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What is the Monkey's name?
(a) Mary Jo Anderson.
(b) Elizabeth Reed.
(c) Beth Ann Williams.
(d) Mary Jane Reed.

5. Where does the narrator's family move in 1941?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Newark.
(d) Brooklyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the Monkey when she arrived in New York?

2. What will "take you for all you're worth and leave you in the gutter," according to the protagonist's parents?

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

4. What does the narrator say he hasn't heard from the Monkey for 3 days on their ride back?

5. What sport is the narrator obsessed with?

(see the answer key)

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