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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 Mrs. Patimkin's connection to sports when she was younger?
(a) She was a great golfer at one time.
(b) She ran in the Boston Marathon once.
(c) She played water polo in college.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin had been the best tennis player in the state at one time.

2. What is Aunt Gladys' personal charity?
(a) Poor older Jews in nursing homes.
(b) The poor Jews in Palestine.
(c) The homeless in Newark.
(d) Jewish orphans in Russia.

3. What does Mrs. Patimkin tell Brenda she should do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Take a vacation in Europe.
(c) Help her with the wedding plans.
(d) Send Neil packing.

4. Where do Neil and Brenda go after breakfast?
(a) They go to sporting goods store to buy Neil some sports outfits.
(b) They go shopping for a wedding gift.
(c) They go fishing in a lake nearby.
(d) They go run on the high school track.

5. How does Mrs. Patimkin treat Neil?
(a) She asks questions to embarrass him.
(b) She keeps the conversation on topics Neil knows nothing about.
(c) She is merely polite.
(d) She refuses to recognize his presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil think that shows he is infatuated with Brenda?

2. Why does Brenda chase Julie upstairs?

3. What is a reminder of the Patimkin family's past life in Newark?

4. How is dinner different at the Patimkin's house from the dinner at Aunt Gladys' house?

5. What is Brenda's objection to getting what Neil suggests?

(see the answer key)

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