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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brenda allow Neil to do as they play in the pool?
(a) Kiss her feet.
(b) Put suntan lotion on her body.
(c) Touch her breasts.
(d) Hold her close under the water.

2. The first time Neil phones Brenda, why does she not come to the phone?
(a) She doesn't want to talk to him.
(b) She is taking a bubble bath.
(c) Her mother does not call her to the phone.
(d) She is out dining at the club.

3. What Characteristic of Mrs. Patimkin gives evidence of her more humble beginnings?
(a) She still does her own cooking and cleaning.
(b) She wears bargain basement clothes.
(c) She does not like to throw anything away.
(d) She does not like to waste money.

4. How is Brenda a bit ambivalent about Neill's coming to her house?
(a) She says she doesn't have much time but he can come for fifteen minutes.
(b) She yawns but agrees he can come.
(c) She hesitates but finally says he can come.
(d) She says that she is playing tennis tonight and will be sweaty afterwards, but he can come.

5. What comment does Neil make to Brenda about her mother.
(a) That she is a bit of a snob.
(b) That she seems to rule the household.
(c) That he thinks she is beautiful.
(d) That she could lose some weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?

2. What does Brenda ask about his cousin, Doris?

3. What is the difference in their educations?

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

5. When Neil wants to phone Brenda in Short Hills, New Jersey, where does he find the Short Hills phone directory?

(see the answer key)

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