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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the subject of contraception becomes an argument, how does Brenda react?
(a) She slaps Neil in the face.
(b) She tells Neil to leave her house.
(c) She shuts up and does not speak to him for hours.
(d) She starts to cry and goes back into the house.

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

3. What prevents them for seeing much of each other the next day?
(a) The sudden arrival of Harriet's cousins.
(b) All of the activity surrounding the wedding.
(c) Brenda and Harriet spending most of the day in the beauty salon.
(d) The nervousness of their relationship after getting the diaphragm.

4. What problem has arisen at the Patimkin house?
(a) Julie has fallen off a horse and is in the hospital.
(b) The house has been robbed while the family was out.
(c) Mr. Patimkin has had a heart attack.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin was straightening up Brenda's clothing and found the diaphragm.

5. What is the urgency about the wedding?
(a) Harriet's parents will only be able to come that week.
(b) Harriet is expecting a baby.
(c) Ron is leaving for overseas.
(d) Ron may get cold feet if they don't marry right away.

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Patimkin tell Brenda she should do?
(a) Take a vacation in Europe.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Send Neil packing.
(d) Help her with the wedding plans.

9. what effect does the song have on Ron?
(a) He hums along, closes his eyes, and gets goose bumps on his arms.
(b) He gets bored and falls asleep.
(c) He jumps up and down on his bed.
(d) He fights to hold back his tears.

10. How do Brenda and Neil begin to talk about their relationship?
(a) Out of fear.
(b) As a mismatch.
(c) As though it never happened.
(d) In the past tense.

11. What does Neil think about as he drives into the area of the business?
(a) He wonders if Brenda ever worked there.
(b) He wonders if the Patimkins tell their friends where the business is.
(c) He wonders if Uncle Max is in the area.
(d) Neil wonders if he will see the kid from the library.

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

13. What is Brenda looking for in the room?
(a) Her high school yearbook.
(b) Costumes for a masked ball.
(c) Three one hundred dollar bills her father hid there for her.
(d) The keys to her father's safe.

14. How do Neil and Brenda pass the time at night until Ron finally goes to sleep?
(a) They play chess.
(b) They watch TV with Mr. Patimkin.
(c) They read in their individual rooms.
(d) They sit outside and watch for Ron's light to go out.

15. Why does Brenda return alone from the airport?
(a) She had another fight with her mother.
(b) She is anxious to see what Neil is up to.
(c) She has a migraine.
(d) Harriet's plane is late.

Short Answer Questions

1. What discussion do Mrs. Patimkin and Neil get into?

2. What happens at the end of Neil's week at the Patimkin house?

3. What has happened at Neil's job?

4. How does the reader know that Ron is a bit of a slob?

5. What excuse does Brenda make for her mother's behavior?

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