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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rule when Mr. Patimkin invites Neil to play basketball with him and Julie?
(a) Julie must win the game.
(b) Neil must remove his shirt.
(c) Everyone must play hard to win.
(d) When Julie has the ball, Mr. Patimkin is on her team.

2. Why is Neil less class conscious than Brenda's family?
(a) Neil is secure in his own superiority.
(b) Neil's family is politically important.
(c) He is well traveled and exposed to many types of people at his job.
(d) Neil was taught to respect people from the all classes.

3. What antic does Neil perform at the pool?
(a) Neil dives in and surfaces like a dolphin beside Brenda, sliding her legs on his.
(b) He swims thirty laps without stopping.
(c) He does handstands on the diving board.
(d) He hides Brenda's glasses.

4. What are some of the things they do together that summer?
(a) Play ping pong, visit museums, take long walks in Central Park.
(b) Go to motels, see plays in New York, read books.
(c) Go to Coney Island, drive to Atlantic City, visit Brenda's relatives.
(d) Drive into the mountains, go out to eat, watch Ron play basketball.

5. How do Neil and Brenda meet?
(a) He meets her at a political rally in Newark.
(b) She asks him to hold her glasses while she dives into the pool at the Green Lane Country Club.
(c) They meet at a debutante ball where Neil is playing in the band.
(d) He helps her find a book at the Newark Public Library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Julie loses the game?

2. When Neil finds the boy later, what is he doing?

3. How does Neil react to Brenda's invitation to spend a week at her house?

4. How often is Neil seeing Brenda now?

5. When Neil says the Patimkins do not live over their store, what does Aunt Gladys say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Neil see Mr. Patimkin when he meets him at dinner?

2. Describe the young African-American boy Neil encounters in front of the library.

3. Since they met that day at the Country Club, has Brenda forgotten the young man she asked to hold her glasses while she dived into the pool?

4. What does Neil tell Brenda about his family?

5. What evidence is there that Brenda is driven by appearances?

6. Explain the social and economic difference between Brenda and Neil.

7. How has the relationship developed between Neil and Brenda?

8. How does Neil feel sitting at the table with the Patimkin family?

9. Why is Neil not conscious of class distinctions?

10. What does the basement reveal about he Patimkin family?

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