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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) Hold her close under the water.
(b) Touch her breasts.
(c) Kiss her feet.
(d) Put suntan lotion on her body.

2. What shows Brenda's competitive nature?
(a) Brenda makes sure the score of each game is written down.
(b) Brenda is arguing that her last shot was in bounds.
(c) Brenda is ahead five games to four.
(d) Brenda does not notice Neil until the game is over.

3. What question is raised in the reader's mind about Brenda?
(a) Is she really what she appears to be?
(b) Is she really interested in Neil or just having a forbidden fling?
(c) Is Brenda simply bored with her summer vacation?
(d) Is Brenda a girl who falls only for men beneath her station?

4. What is the irony of the Patimkins' snobbery at Neil's living in Newark?
(a) Mr. Patimkin is a large donor to the library where Neil works.
(b) They used to live in Newark before Mr. Patimkin became wealthy.
(c) They also have a house in Newark.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin refuses to admit she was born there.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the area like in Short Hills?

3. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?

4. What is Neil's impression of Brenda as she plays tennis?

5. What comment does Neil make to Brenda about her mother.

(see the answer key)

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