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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ron doing when Neil arrives?
(a) Sitting in the office making calls.
(b) Teaching ghetto kids to play basketball.
(c) Talking to some pretty female customers.
(d) Supervising the unloading of some new porcelin sinks.

2. How does the reader know that Ron is a bit of a slob?
(a) He never wears matching clothes.
(b) Mrs. Patimkin always complains about his clothes on the floor.
(c) He scratches himself rudely wherever he is.
(d) He is noisy in his room at night stomping around and making crude sounds.

3. Where does Mrs. Patimkin send Neil?
(a) Since she cannot go herself, she sends Neil to Newark.
(b) She sends Neil to pick up Julie from her riding class.
(c) She sends Neil to the airport to get Harriet's mother.
(d) She sends Neil to New York to bring back silverware patterns.

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

5. Why does Neil enter St. Patrick's cathedral?
(a) To talk to a priest.
(b) To watch a model being photographed inside the church.
(c) To cool off.
(d) To see how Catholics worship.

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

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

8. Where does Neil find Mr. Patimkin's business?
(a) Not far from Aunt Gladys' house.
(b) Patimkin Kitchen and Bathroom Sinks is in the middle of Newark's African-American section.
(c) In an upscale business district.
(d) In a shopping mall.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Neil ask Mrs. Patimkin if she has read?
(a) He asks if she had read any of philosopher Martin Buber's work.
(b) He asks if she has read Karl Marx.
(c) He asks if she has read the latest Life Magazine.
(d) He asks if she has read Origin of Species.

15. When Brenda is modeling her bridesmaid dress, what does Harriet say to her?
(a) Harriet says that the color is all wrong.
(b) Harriet says that the skirt of the dress is too short.
(c) Harriet tells Brenda that she is beautiful and should be the bride.
(d) Harriet says that to wear that dress, Brenda will have to change her hair style.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Brenda dressed when she comes to the porch where Neil is?

2. What does Mrs. Patimkin ask Neil if he wants to join?

3. What is Aunt Gladys doing during this time?

4. What surprise does Brenda have in store for Neil?

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

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