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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Neil finally find Brenda?
(a) He finds her asleep in his car.
(b) Neil finds Brenda asleep on a couch in the lobby at four o'clock.
(c) He finds her having an argument with her mother.
(d) He finds her under the table where the wedding cake was.

2. What happens when Neil sees Brenda after so long a separation?
(a) He does not like her bleached hair.
(b) He gets cold feet and wants to run.
(c) He does not recognize Brenda at first because she is letting her hair grow.
(d) He thinks she has gained weight.

3. What does Ron invite Neil to do?
(a) Go downstairs and have a drink.
(b) Come to his room and listen to records.
(c) Go to the club for a swim.
(d) Play a game of basketball.

4. What is in a letter from Brenda's father?
(a) Her father says she had better not be pregnant.
(b) Her father wrote her first not to pay attention to her mother's letter.
(c) Her father says that her mother is crazy.
(d) Her father orders her to come home.

5. What does Neil want to discuss with Brenda?
(a) He wants her to elope with him the night of Ron's wedding.
(b) He wants her to get a diaphragm.
(c) He wants to borrow money for a new suit.
(d) He wants to know if she would consider marrying him.

6. What disappointing news does Neil get from Brenda?
(a) She is meeting her family in the Poconos.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Brenda calls Neil to tell him she is not coming for Rosh Hashanah. She has a test Saturday and a paper due.
(d) She has gotten engaged.

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

8. What does Ron ask Neil if he would like to listen to?
(a) He asks Neil if he would like to listen to his talking mynah.
(b) He asks Neil if he wants to listen to his phonograph.
(c) He asks Neil if he would like to listen to a family argument.
(d) He asks Neil if he would like to listen to his wedding speech.

9. What is the meaning of Good-bye, Columbus?
(a) It is a message to graduates who are leaving OU and Columbus, Ohio.
(b) It means that the University of Ohio was moving to Akron.
(c) It means that like Columbus there are no more frontiers to conquer.
(d) It is a traditional drinking song at Ohio U.

10. What excuse does Brenda make for her mother's behavior?
(a) Her migraine headaches.
(b) Ron's upcoming wedding.
(c) Julie's temper tantrums.
(d) Her menopause.

11. What does Brenda tell Neill when he finishes his run?
(a) That he could be a marathon runner.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That he is faster than Ron.
(d) That she could beat him in a race.

12. What happens to Neil inside the church?
(a) Neil has a premonition that Brenda will leave and never return.
(b) Neil suddenly thinks about Aunt Gladys and what she would think of him at that moment.
(c) Neil sees tries to talk to God about his relationship with Brenda.
(d) Neil gets pangs of conscience for being in a church instead of a synagogue.

13. How long does the reception go on?
(a) Until mid morning the next day.
(b) Everyone eats and drinks too much until finally the musicians stop playing, pack up, and leave.
(c) When Ron and Harriet trip and fall on the floor.
(d) Until Mr. Patimkin orders everyone out.

14. How does Neil get away to go meet Brenda in New York?
(a) He decides to go to New York for the weekend anyway and convinces his boss he is anti-Semitic if he does not agree.
(b) He convinces another librarian to work for him on his days off.
(c) He agrees to work overtime without pay when he returns.
(d) He calls in sick.

15. What happens with Brenda's father at the reception?
(a) He starts callin Neil his second son.
(b) He refuses to dance with his wife.
(c) He gets drunk and falls on his face.
(d) At the reception, Mr. Patimkin gets drunk and appears to accept Neil as Brenda's boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like in Newark when Neil drives to the mountains to see the deer?

2. What Patimkin family business does Julie tattle to Neil about?

3. What does Mrs. Patimkin tell Brenda she should do?

4. What does Neil ask Mrs. Patimkin if she has read?

5. Where do Neil and Brenda go after breakfast?

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