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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is playing tennis with Brenda when Neill walks up?
(a) He finds her playing with her tennis coach.
(b) Brenda is playing with her brother, Ron.
(c) Brenda is playing with her father.
(d) He finds Brenda playing against Laura Simpson Stolowitch.

2. How does the reader know that Ron is a bit of a slob?
(a) He never wears matching clothes.
(b) He is noisy in his room at night stomping around and making crude sounds.
(c) He scratches himself rudely wherever he is.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin always complains about his clothes on the floor.

3. When Neil does not answer when Brenda asks if he loves her, what does Brenda say?
(a) She asks if the cat had gotten his tongue.
(b) She says for him to leave until he makes up his mind.
(c) She says she knows he does.
(d) She says she will sleep with him anyway.

4. What effect does Mrs. Patimkin's nagging have on Brenda?
(a) She starts singing at the top of her lungs.
(b) She starts crying.
(c) She ignores her mother completely.
(d) She goes outside and screams.

5. Why does Neil say he lives with his aunt and uncle?
(a) Because he does not have to pay rent.
(b) Because his salary is too low to afford his own place.
(c) Because his parents demand that he do that.
(d) Because their apartment is near his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of Good-bye, Columbus?

2. What is strange about Brenda's feeling that Neil is pursuing her?

3. What is Brenda looking for in the room?

4. When Brenda is modeling her bridesmaid dress, what does Harriet say to her?

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

(see the answer key)

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