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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a typical dinner at Aunt Gladys' house?
(a) Pot roast, gravy, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots, and rye bread.
(b) Kosher chicken, tossed salad, and dessert.
(c) Matzos soup, leg of lamb, and mixed vegetables.
(d) Bagels, cream cheese, and lox.

2. 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?

3. What does Neil hear coming from Ron's room one night?
(a) Ron crying into his pillow.
(b) Harriet squeeling with pleasure.
(c) Ron talking on the phone to a girl who was not Harriet.
(d) Bells and a gloomy male voice reciting Good-bye Columbus.

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

5. How does Brenda reply to her mother's suggestion that she go to work?
(a) She has no job skills thanks to her mother's demands.
(b) She tells her mother if she wants more income for the family, she shoud go to work herself.
(c) Maybe she will work in McDonald's and tell everyone of Mrs. Patimkin's social friends.
(d) They could live off the income from their stocks alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Neil call Brenda for the second time?

2. What do the twenty-three bottles of Jack Daniels suggest to Neil?

3. What effect does Mrs. Patimkin's nagging have on Brenda?

4. Why does Neil feel lonely at the Patimkin house?

5. How does Neil feel being there as Julie's babysitter?

(see the answer key)

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