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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he abandoned the Monkey?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Greece.

2. How old was the narrator in 1950?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirty.

3. Who had the Monkey previously married?
(a) A Jewish architect.
(b) A French industrialist.
(c) A French chef.
(d) An Italian painter.

4. What does Bubbles' father do for a living?
(a) Drives a truck.
(b) Works in the circus.
(c) Drives a taxi.
(d) Drives a bus.

5. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Back Home.
(b) The Final Years.
(c) In Exile.
(d) Forgotten Days.

6. Why does the narrator go to Irvington Park to ice skate?
(a) To watch shikses.
(b) To play with friends.
(c) His sister takes him.
(d) It's by his house.

7. What was the narrator's IQ at age 12?
(a) 124.
(b) 158.
(c) 176.
(d) 143.

8. What is the name of the girl whom the protagonist has his first sexual experience?
(a) Sissy Ross.
(b) Betsy Williams.
(c) Bubbles Girardi.
(d) Agatha Rogers.

9. What color hair does the character Naomi have?
(a) Blond.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

10. Who was the narrator's girl friend at Antioch?
(a) Mary Jane Reed.
(b) Kay Campbell.
(c) Andrea Williams.
(d) Jessica Warren.

11. Where is the Monkey from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

12. What college does the Monkey pick up an application for?
(a) NYU.
(b) Wellsely.
(c) Hunter.
(d) SUNY.

13. What does the Monkey say that she hates on their drive back?
(a) The car.
(b) New York.
(c) The south.
(d) Vermont.

14. What does the narrator refer to the bus driver as in Chapter 4, Part 3?
(a) A Goy.
(b) An Irishman.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A Polack.

15. What was the name of the prostitute the narrator and Monkey picked up?
(a) Lina.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Emily.
(d) Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Monkey fantasize about on the drive back after their trip?

2. How much money did the narrator pay to the prostitute in Italy?

3. What irritates the narrator about the way the Monkey reads?

4. What does the narrator nickname the owner of the local candy store at the Sunday rituals?

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

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