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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brenda allow Neil to do as they play in the pool?
(a) Kiss her feet.
(b) Put suntan lotion on her body.
(c) Touch her breasts.
(d) Hold her close under the water.

2. What shows Neil's eagerness to see Brenda?
(a) He changes his clothes seven times.
(b) He keeps looking at his watch.
(c) He reads up on the lives of the rich and famous.
(d) He arrives early in Short Hills.

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

4. 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.

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

6. What is the main difference between Neil and Brenda?
(a) Neil is well educated but Brenda is not.
(b) Both are Jewish but she is from the upper class.
(c) Neil is not Jewish but Brenda is.
(d) Neil is much older than Brenda.

7. What shows Brenda's competitive nature?
(a) Brenda does not notice Neil until the game is over.
(b) Brenda makes sure the score of each game is written down.
(c) Brenda is ahead five games to four.
(d) Brenda is arguing that her last shot was in bounds.

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

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

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

11. What is the difference in their educations?
(a) Brenda makes only fair grades while Neil graduated at the top of his class.
(b) Brenda is still in school but Neill is a dropout.
(c) Brenda attends Radcliffe while Neil is working on a degree from community college.
(d) Brenda attends Radcliffe in Boston. Neil had attended Newark Colleges of Rutgers University, a lesser institution.

12. What information does Neil get from Julie?
(a) That Brenda is engaged to be married.
(b) That Ron is flying to Milwaukee to see Harriet.
(c) That Mrs. Patimkin does not like him.
(d) That Brenda has many boyfriends.

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

14. What does Neil find in the basement?
(a) A playroom and a bar.
(b) A storage room.
(c) A refrigerator full of beer.
(d) A ping pong table with a broken leg.

15. How is dinner different at the Patimkin's house from the dinner at Aunt Gladys' house?
(a) The Patimkins all dress for dinner.
(b) Aunt Gladys' dinner is more formal.
(c) The dinner is served by the maid, Carlotta.
(d) The Patimkins order in the dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil explain to the boy?

2. How does Ron show off his athletic ability?

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

4. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?

5. What disruption takes place when Ron needs to leave?

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