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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. Why do Brenda and Harriet go alone to New York?
(a) To hire a band for the wedding.
(b) To look at silverware paterns.
(c) Dress shopping for the wedding and right after the wedding.
(d) To order the wedding cake.

2. What does Brenda tell Neill when he finishes his run?
(a) That she could beat him in a race.
(b) That he could be a marathon runner.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That he is faster than Ron.

3. What surprise does Brenda have in store for Neil?
(a) She asks him to marry her.
(b) She has brought along a sorority sister.
(c) She has bought him a new trench coat.
(d) She is wearing a fake gold wedding ring, and they sign the hotel register as Mr. and Mrs. Neil Klugman.

4. What prevents them for seeing much of each other the next day?
(a) Brenda and Harriet spending most of the day in the beauty salon.
(b) All of the activity surrounding the wedding.
(c) The sudden arrival of Harriet's cousins.
(d) The nervousness of their relationship after getting the diaphragm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brenda is modeling her bridesmaid dress, what does Harriet say to her?

2. Why does Brenda return alone from the airport?

3. What happens to Neil inside the church?

4. Three days before Ron's and Harriet's wedding, where do Neil and Brenda go?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the situation behind the argument over the diaphragm?

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

5. As Neil and Brenda talk, what changes in the way they describe their relationship?

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

7. What problem does Brenda admit to Neil?

8. Why does Brenda get upset in the storage room?

9. Describe the domestic scene between Brenda and Neil the following morning.

10. What are Aunt Gladys' two main concerns when Neil calls to say his vacation is extended to Labor Day?

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