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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter, when does Brenda say she will be returning from school?
(a) For Rosh Hashana which is a week away.
(b) In two weeks to shop for winter clothes in New York.
(c) For spring break.
(d) In a month after her exams.

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

3. Why does Mrs. Patimkin say on the phone that she cannot leave at the moment?
(a) She says sheis expecting the florist at any moment.
(b) She says Brenda has her car.
(c) She says she has all the Hadassah calls to make.
(d) She says she has a headache.

4. What are the men all talking about?
(a) They are talking about sports.
(b) They are talking about how bad business is.
(c) They are talking about how expensive daughters are.
(d) As Neil waits for Brenda, the men talk about how much money they are making.

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

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

7. What are some of the people like at the wedding?
(a) Some of the people are ugly.
(b) The families do not get along and remain separated.
(c) Eccentrics from both families attend Ron and Harriet's wedding.
(d) They are all very formal and subdued.

8. Who does Neil miss seeing at the library?
(a) He never sees the African-American kid again.
(b) He misses seeing the lions that were removed.
(c) He misses seeing Ron.
(d) He misses the teenage girls.

9. Where do Neil and Brenda go after breakfast?
(a) They go to sporting goods store to buy Neil some sports outfits.
(b) They go run on the high school track.
(c) They go fishing in a lake nearby.
(d) They go shopping for a wedding gift.

10. What is Mrs. Patimkin doing while she is in the kitchen with Carlotta and Neil?
(a) She is making lists of things to do.
(b) She is making cake decorations.
(c) She is giving them orders for what to do today.
(d) She is working on a Hadassah project.

11. What effect does Mrs. Patimkin's nagging have on Brenda?
(a) She ignores her mother completely.
(b) She goes outside and screams.
(c) She starts crying.
(d) She starts singing at the top of her lungs.

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

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

14. What does Mrs. Patimkin conclude about Neil's religious leaning?
(a) She decides he is probably an atheist.
(b) That since Hudson Street Synagogue is Orthodox, Neil must be too.
(c) She decides he is a Reform Jew.
(d) She decides he is an idolator.

15. 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 would like to listen to a family argument.
(c) He asks Neil if he wants to listen to his phonograph.
(d) He asks Neil if he would like to listen to his wedding speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Neil feel lonely at the Patimkin house?

2. What is on the record Ron suggests Neil listen to?

3. What is the urgency about the wedding?

4. What is so disturbing to Mrs. Patimkin?

5. Where did Ron get the record he puts on the phonograph?

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