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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Brenda dressed when she comes to the porch where Neil is?
(a) She is wearing a warm-up suit.
(b) She is in tight shorts and a halter top.
(c) She is wearing a yellow dress that shows off her summer tan.
(d) She is wearing one of Neil's shirts.

2. What does Neil see in the hall of the Patimkin house?
(a) Louis IV chairs.
(b) Family photos.
(c) Brenda's blue ribbons.
(d) Hunting trophies.

3. What shows Neil's eagerness to see Brenda?
(a) He changes his clothes seven times.
(b) He arrives early in Short Hills.
(c) He reads up on the lives of the rich and famous.
(d) He keeps looking at his watch.

4. What indicates that Brenda and her family are concerned with status and appearance?
(a) She asks Neil why he doesn't buy a Mercedes.
(b) She has had a nose job and her brother is about to do it, too.
(c) She talks about her trips to Paris.
(d) She keeps telling Neil how expenisve everything is in her house.

5. What is the urgency about the wedding?
(a) Ron may get cold feet if they don't marry right away.
(b) Ron is leaving for overseas.
(c) Harriet's parents will only be able to come that week.
(d) Harriet is expecting a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of the Patimkins' snobbery at Neil's living in Newark?

2. What was Mrs. Patimkin's connection to sports when she was younger?

3. While Neil and the boy are looking at the art book, what is Neil seeing?

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

5. What request does Brenda make to her father?

(see the answer key)

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