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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bottle of Jack Daniels.
(d) A picnic basket.

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

3. Why do Neill and Brenda go to New York?
(a) Brenda is going to be fitted for a diaphragm.
(b) They go to get away from the confusion of the wedding plans.
(c) They goe to get Neil a tuxedo.
(d) They go to be alone together in the park.

4. What does Brenda show Neil in the room just off of the guest room?
(a) Boxes and boxes of their old clothes that Mrs. Patimkin does not throw away.
(b) A four posted bed ready for them to use.
(c) Shelves and shelves of shoes.
(d) Their old furniture from when they lived in Newark.

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

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

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

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

9. Why can Neil not go to meet Brenda?
(a) He cannot take off any time from work, because he just got a raise.
(b) His parents are coming from Tuscon.
(c) His car is in the shop.
(d) His Aunt Gladys is ill.

10. How does the relationship end?
(a) Mr. Patimkin finds them and takes Brenda home.
(b) Brenda tells Neil she never loved him and walks out.
(c) Neil returns to Newark in time for the Jewish New Year and a new beginning.
(d) Neil and Brenda make love one last time.

11. 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 having an argument with her mother.
(c) He finds her under the table where the wedding cake was.
(d) He finds her asleep in his car.

12. What is Brenda's objection to getting what Neil suggests?
(a) She says a diaphragm would change their relationship.
(b) She is sure she cannot get pregnant.
(c) She cannot go to her doctor because he is a close friend of the family.
(d) She thinks he should take care of the protection.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Patimkin tell Brenda she should do?

2. When the subject of contraception becomes an argument, how does Brenda react?

3. What does Brenda tell Neill when he finishes his run?

4. What causes a commotion downstairs while Neil is unpacking for the weekend?

5. What request does Brenda make of Neil in the store room?

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