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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 calls in sick.
(d) He agrees to work overtime without pay when he returns.

5. What does Brenda bring along the next time they go to the track?
(a) Towels so they can shower.
(b) A stop watch.
(c) A picnic basket.
(d) A bottle of Jack Daniels.

6. What is the weather like in Newark when Neil drives to the mountains to see the deer?
(a) It is Indian summer.
(b) It is cold.
(c) It is snowing.
(d) It is rainy and gray.

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

8. 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.

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

10. What does Brenda want to do for Neil?
(a) She wants to train him to run track.
(b) She wants to give him a new car.
(c) She wants to help him get a better paying job.
(d) She wants to let him watch her shower.

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

12. What is Aunt Gladys' question when Neil calls to tell her he will be gone another week?
(a) She asks him if she needs to send him anything.
(b) She asks if he is getting too good to stay with her.
(c) She wants to know if he has clean underwear.
(d) She asks him is he is sleeping with Brenda.

13. What has happened at Neil's job?
(a) He has not gotten his promotion.
(b) He has become Reference Librarian.
(c) He is in line to become head librarian.
(d) He has fallen into a dull routine.

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

15. What does Neil admit is the extent of his religious participation?
(a) He belongs to Hudson Street Synagogue, but he has not been active.
(b) He observes Jewish holidays sometimes.
(c) He goes to Hudson Street Synagogue every Sabbath.
(d) He is a practicing Buddhist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so disturbing to Mrs. Patimkin?

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

3. As Ron gets into his reverie, what does Neil do?

4. When does Neil tell Brenda he loves her?

5. Where are all the other family members the morning Brenda is making breakfast for Neil?

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