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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What near mishap occurs with Ron one morning?
(a) Ron almost knocks Neil down the stairs.
(b) Ron almost walks into Neil's room by mistake.
(c) Ron almost catches Brenda and Neil skinny dipping in the pool.
(d) Ron almost catches Neil sneaking out of Brenda's room.

2. What does Neil hear coming from Ron's room one night?
(a) Ron crying into his pillow.
(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) Harriet squeeling with pleasure.

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

4. What happens at the end of Neil's week at the Patimkin house?
(a) Brenda asks him to stay until Labor Day which is the day of the wedding.
(b) Mrs. Patimkin asks Neil to vacate his room.
(c) Brenda decides to skip the wedding and return to Radcliffe early.
(d) Neil invites Brenda to come stay a week with him.

5. As Ron gets into his reverie, what does Neil do?
(a) He picks up a book to read.
(b) He thinks about Aunt gladys.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He tiptoes out of the room and closes the door.

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

7. What effect does everything have on Neil at this time?
(a) Everything makes him sad.
(b) Everything is excitien.
(c) Everything seems distant.
(d) Everything reminds him of Brenda.

8. Why does Neil think Harriet is a perfect match for Ron?
(a) She is an expert golfer.
(b) Like him she is mainly concerned with appearances.
(c) She is strong willed where Ron is weak.
(d) She is something of a slob, too.

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

10. What request does Brenda make of Neil in the store room?
(a) To undress and let her body paint him.
(b) To make love to her on the old Newark sofa.
(c) He try on some of Ron's old sports gear.
(d) To help her carry things down to the trash.

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

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

13. What is Aunt Gladys doing during this time?
(a) Aunt Gladys is having ten people as guests for Rosh Hashanah.
(b) She is working for the Red Cross.
(c) She is planning Susan's wedding.
(d) She has gone back to school to be a teacher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Neil wait for Brenda while she is at the doctor's office?

2. What does Brenda bring along the next time they go to the track?

3. What does Brenda want to do for Neil?

4. After putting away their coats and suitcases in the hotel, what does Neil do?

5. What does Neil admit is the extent of his religious participation?

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