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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main difference between Neil and Brenda?
(a) Neil is well educated but Brenda is not.
(b) Neil is not Jewish but Brenda is.
(c) Neil is much older than Brenda.
(d) Both are Jewish but she is from the upper class.

2. In the basement, what is next to a photo of Brenda on a horse?
(a) A board with all of her ribbons she won for doing something on a horse.
(b) A blank board for mounting Julie's ribbons if she ever wins any.
(c) A painting of Ron when he was in high school.
(d) A photo of Mrs. Patimkin when she was a champion tennis player.

3. How do Neil and Brenda meet?
(a) They meet at a debutante ball where Neil is playing in the band.
(b) He helps her find a book at the Newark Public Library.
(c) He meets her at a political rally in Newark.
(d) She asks him to hold her glasses while she dives into the pool at the Green Lane Country Club.

4. Where are the Patimkin's going while Neil babysits?
(a) To the Museum of Modern Art.
(b) To take Ron to the airport.
(c) To a reception for the mayor of New York.
(d) To attend a lecture.

5. How does Brenda change the subject and get Neil to stop playing?
(a) She tells him to grow up.
(b) She challenges him to a race across the pool.
(c) She threatens to scream.
(d) She asks about his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Aunt Gladys and Mrs. Patimkin have in common that is different from Neil?

2. Why does the boy not want to check out the Gauguin book after Neil promises to help him?

3. What was Neil's major in Rutgers?

4. What happens to Neil inside the church?

5. How does Neil avoid the issue of the boy wanting to check the Gauguin book out of the library?

(see the answer key)

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