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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the little African-American boy doing in front of the library?
(a) He is crying.
(b) He is trying to climb the flagpole.
(c) He is break dancing.
(d) He is growling at the stone lion statues.

2. How does Brenda feel about her mother?
(a) She thinks her mother stays at home too much.
(b) She thinks her mother is uneducated.
(c) She thinks her mother is the world's greatest.
(d) She thinks her mother hates her and is jealous of her.

3. What invitation does Brenda extend to Neil?
(a) An invitation to play tennis.
(b) An invitation to a picnic.
(c) An invitation to the opera.
(d) An invitation to dinner.

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

5. At the pool, what juvenile prank does Neil attempt?
(a) To swim between Brenda's legs.
(b) To pull Brenda's bra straps down.
(c) To hold Brenda under the water.
(d) To remove his trunks under water.

6. How does Neil evaluate Mr. Patimkin's intelligence?
(a) He is not too smart.
(b) He is just a shade above stupid.
(c) He is a near genius.
(d) He is just average.

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

8. What shows Brenda's independence at the Country Club pool?
(a) She is dressed in a simple tank suit as opposed to the high heels and jewelry on other women.
(b) She sits in Neil's lap by the pool.
(c) She dominates the diving board.
(d) She dresses like the other society snobs.

9. Why does Brenda chastise Neil after he returns home and calls her?
(a) She doesn't want him to get too attached to her.
(b) She is angry that he did not use protection when they made love.
(c) She says it is a good thing the phone didn't wake her parents.
(d) She is piqued because he called at one in the morning.

10. What is the small boy who was outside growling at the lions asking for when he says he wants to see heart books?
(a) He wants books of Valentines.
(b) He does not want paperback books.
(c) He wants to learn about his father's medical condition.
(d) He wants to look at picture books of art.

11. When Neil wants to phone Brenda in Short Hills, New Jersey, where does he find the Short Hills phone directory?
(a) Under a laundry basket.
(b) Out in the garage.
(c) Holding up Anut Gladys' dresser.
(d) At the next door neighbor's house.

12. How does Mrs. Patimkin further interfere with Neil and Brenda?
(a) Mrs. Patimkin's mah jong parties at her house.
(b) Her metaphysics study group that meets in her house.
(c) Mrs. Patimkin's Hadassah parties from which she returns at unpredictable hours.
(d) Her habit of checking the house every night to see if Carlotta is doing her job.

13. What are some of the things they do together that summer?
(a) Play ping pong, visit museums, take long walks in Central Park.
(b) Drive into the mountains, go out to eat, watch Ron play basketball.
(c) Go to Coney Island, drive to Atlantic City, visit Brenda's relatives.
(d) Go to motels, see plays in New York, read books.

14. 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) He is going to park down the street and follow Brenda when she leaves the house.
(d) They have asked him to babysit Julie while they all go out.

15. What do Neil and Brenda do as often as possible?
(a) Play tennis.
(b) Ride horses.
(c) Go swimming.
(d) Make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil think that shows he is infatuated with Brenda?

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

3. How does Mrs. Patimkin treat Neil?

4. What request does Brenda make to her father?

5. What is the irony of the Patimkins' snobbery at Neil's living in Newark?

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