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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Brenda ask about his cousin, Doris?
(a) If she has a fiance.
(b) What she looks like.
(c) Where she is attending school.
(d) What sorority she is a member of.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brenda chastise Neil after he returns home and calls her?

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

3. What shows Neil's eagerness to see Brenda?

4. What does Neil explain to the boy?

5. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?

(see the answer key)

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