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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Neil take out of the refrigerator in the basement?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) Beer.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Sodas.

2. Who arrives at the pool and meets Neil?
(a) Several of Brenda's sorority sisters.
(b) Brenda's brother, Ron.
(c) Brenda's mother.
(d) Brenda's ex-boyfriend.

3. How does Neil feel being there as Julie's babysitter?
(a) He thinks he can get Julie to tell him family secrets.
(b) He is glad to do it because he will see Branda when she returns.
(c) He is bored and wants to go home.
(d) He feels like a poor relative.

4. Why is Neil going to the Patimkin's house that evening?
(a) He is going to talk with Mr. Patimkin about working in his store.
(b) He is going with them to the opera.
(c) They have asked him to babysit Julie while they all go out.
(d) He is going to park down the street and follow Brenda when she leaves the house.

5. What was Mrs. Patimkin's connection to sports when she was younger?
(a) She played water polo in college.
(b) Mrs. Patimkin had been the best tennis player in the state at one time.
(c) She was a great golfer at one time.
(d) She ran in the Boston Marathon once.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Brenda dressed for dinner?

2. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?

3. What invitation does Brenda extend to Neil?

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

5. What does Brenda allow Neil to do as they play in the pool?

(see the answer key)

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