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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is Neil seeing Brenda now?
(a) Every Wednesday evening.
(b) Every weekend.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Every evening.

2. How does Brenda change the subject and get Neil to stop playing?
(a) She threatens to scream.
(b) She asks about his parents.
(c) She tells him to grow up.
(d) She challenges him to a race across the pool.

3. What does Neil explain to the boy?
(a) That the Gauguin paintings were done in Tahiti.
(b) That the head librarian would be leaving in a few minutes.
(c) That he needs a library card to look at the books.
(d) That he should have his mother come with him to the library.

4. When Neill finally stops at Brenda's house, where does he find her?
(a) She is talking to the gardener.
(b) She is in the kitchen having a cappuccino.
(c) She is waiting for him at her front door.
(d) She is playing tennis on her private tennis court.

5. How is Brenda dressed for dinner?
(a) Brenda wears a cocktail dress.
(b) Brenda has on jeans and one of Ron's shirts.
(c) Brenda is dressed in designer slacks and blouse.
(d) Brenda wears shorts and white polo shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses Aunt Gladys about Neil's description of the Patimkin house?

2. Where is the house of Neil Klugman's aunt and uncle where he lives?

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

4. What is a reminder of the Patimkin family's past life in Newark?

5. What happens in the TV room later that night after Brenda returns?

(see the answer key)

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