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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Patimkin treat Neil?
(a) She keeps the conversation on topics Neil knows nothing about.
(b) She refuses to recognize his presence.
(c) She asks questions to embarrass him.
(d) She is merely polite.

3. What does Neil notice about the street names in Short Hills?
(a) They are all named after Wall Street firms.
(b) They are all in French.
(c) They are named for eastern universities.
(d) They are named for Presidents of the United States.

4. What impresses Aunt Gladys about Neil's description of the Patimkin house?
(a) That it has so many rooms.
(b) That it has a narrow driveway.
(c) That it is in Newark.
(d) That it is over their store.

5. What comment does Neil make to Brenda about her mother.
(a) That she seems to rule the household.
(b) That he thinks she is beautiful.
(c) That she could lose some weight.
(d) That she is a bit of a snob.

6. When does Neil call Brenda for the second time?
(a) When Uncle Max gets home from work.
(b) After the ten o'clock news.
(c) Just before midnight.
(d) The next day.

7. In the basement, what is next to a photo of Brenda on a horse?
(a) A blank board for mounting Julie's ribbons if she ever wins any.
(b) A painting of Ron when he was in high school.
(c) A photo of Mrs. Patimkin when she was a champion tennis player.
(d) A board with all of her ribbons she won for doing something on a horse.

8. What does Neil notice about Mr. Patimkin?
(a) That he reminds Neil of his own father.
(b) That he is short and has nothing to say.
(c) That he eats very little.
(d) That he tends to dominate the conversation.

9. Where does he say his parents live?
(a) Tuscon.
(b) Miami.
(c) Albany.
(d) The Bronx.

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

11. While the dinner conversation is going on, what is Brenda doing?
(a) Brenda is eating a second dessert.
(b) Brenda is drumming her nails on the table.
(c) Brenda is talking on the phone.
(d) Neil feels Brenda's fingers tease his calf.

12. What shows that Neill is not a part of Brenda's social set?
(a) He asks her how he should dress.
(b) He says he will be driving a Plymouth.
(c) He says they can go out Dutch treat.
(d) He asks if she would like to go to McDonald's.

13. What is Aunt Gladys' personal charity?
(a) The poor Jews in Palestine.
(b) Poor older Jews in nursing homes.
(c) The homeless in Newark.
(d) Jewish orphans in Russia.

14. Who is playing tennis with Brenda when Neill walks up?
(a) Brenda is playing with her father.
(b) He finds her playing with her tennis coach.
(c) He finds Brenda playing against Laura Simpson Stolowitch.
(d) Brenda is playing with her brother, Ron.

15. While Neil and the boy are looking at the art book, what is Neil seeing?
(a) That discrimination is a bad thing.
(b) Brenda in a Gauguin setting.
(c) That his job is dull.
(d) How the boy is really interested in art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil explain to the boy?

2. Besides attending Rutgers, what had Neil been doing in recent years?

3. When the family goes outside, what are Mr. Patimkin and his 10-year-old daughter Julie doing?

4. How does Neil evaluate Mr. Patimkin's intelligence?

5. What information does Neil get from Julie?

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