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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 Patimkin family business does Julie tattle to Neil about?
(a) Ron has joined the army and is leaving soon.
(b) Harriet is coming and there will be a quick wedding at the house.
(c) Mrs. Patimkin is planning a huge wedding anniversary party.
(d) Mr. Patimkin is seeing his secretary after work.

2. When does Neil tell Brenda he loves her?
(a) Just before he asks her to marry him.
(b) The night of the wedding rehearsal.
(c) After she comes out of the doctor's office wearing the diaphragm.
(d) After they check into a New York hotel.

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

4. What disappointing news does Neil get from Brenda?
(a) Brenda calls Neil to tell him she is not coming for Rosh Hashanah. She has a test Saturday and a paper due.
(b) She is meeting her family in the Poconos.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has gotten engaged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the urgency about the wedding?

2. What effect does Mrs. Patimkin's nagging have on Brenda?

3. What is in a letter from Brenda's father?

4. What does Neil want to discuss with Brenda?

5. Why do Neill and Brenda go to New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Patimkin again use Neil as sort of a servant?

2. What is odd about Neil's and Brenda's love making after she gets the diaphragm?

3. How does Neil get his hopes up only to be dashed again?

4. How does Neil view family members on both sides of the bridal couple?

5. What does Brenda show Neil behind a door in his room he thought was a closet?

6. What is foreshadowed while Neil is at he house alone while the Patimkins go to the airport for Harriet?

7. Describe the strange scene when Ron invites Neil into his room to hear his recording.

8. What is the somber occasion between Neil and Brenda the day after the wedding?

9. What is it like when Neil and Brenda finally meet up in New York?

10. How does Brenda suggest she make an athlete out of Neil?

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