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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the irony of the Patimkins' snobbery at Neil's living in Newark?
(a) They also have a house in Newark.
(b) Mr. Patimkin is a large donor to the library where Neil works.
(c) They used to live in Newark before Mr. Patimkin became wealthy.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin refuses to admit she was born there.

2. Why does Neil tell Aunt Gladys he is going to the Patimkin's house for a week?
(a) He says he hope Mr. Patimkin will help him get ahead in the world.
(b) He says he is expecting to propose to Brenda.
(c) Neil says he is just taking a vacation, because he deserves one.
(d) He says that he wants to give Aunt Gladys a vacation from him for a week.

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

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

5. Ironically, where is Mr. Patimkin's store that makes all the money for the family to live in Short Hills?
(a) The African-American section of Newark.
(b) On the waterfront.
(c) In Brooklyn.
(d) In the Bronx.

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

7. 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 painting of Ron when he was in high school.
(d) A board with all of her ribbons she won for doing something on a horse.

8. Why does Brenda chastise Neil after he returns home and calls her?
(a) She is piqued because he called at one in the morning.
(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 doesn't want him to get too attached to her.

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

10. What do Aunt Gladys and Mrs. Patimkin have in common that is different from Neil?
(a) The women are very class and money conscious but Neil is not.
(b) The women know their family roots but Neil does not.
(c) The women are not patriotic but Neil is.
(d) The women are not religious but Neil is.

11. What happens when Julie loses the game?
(a) She upsets the chess board and scatters the pieces.
(b) She starts laughing because she let Neil win.
(c) She throws her ping pong paddle at Neil and says she hates him.
(d) She takes the dart board off the wall.

12. What does Neil see in the hall of the Patimkin house?
(a) Louis IV chairs.
(b) Hunting trophies.
(c) Family photos.
(d) Brenda's blue ribbons.

13. What is the rule when Mr. Patimkin invites Neil to play basketball with him and Julie?
(a) Everyone must play hard to win.
(b) Julie must win the game.
(c) When Julie has the ball, Mr. Patimkin is on her team.
(d) Neil must remove his shirt.

14. What request does Brenda make to her father?
(a) If he will offer Neil a job in his store.
(b) If he will help her get rid of Neil.
(c) If she can invite Neil to spend a week in their house before summer ends.
(d) If he will buy her a new convertible.

15. What disruption takes place when Ron needs to leave?
(a) A Chrysler and Neil's Plymouth need to be moved so Ron can get his Volkswagen out of the drive.
(b) Julie and Mr. Patimkin get into an arguement on the tennis court.
(c) Mrs. Patimkin and Carlotta come out with coffee.
(d) There comes a brief shower and everyone has to take cover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows Brenda's independence at the Country Club pool?

2. How does Brenda feel about her mother?

3. What question is raised in the reader's mind about Brenda?

4. What does Neil take out of the refrigerator in the basement?

5. Why does the boy not want to check out the Gauguin book after Neil promises to help him?

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