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

2. What is the meaning of Good-bye, Columbus?
(a) It means that like Columbus there are no more frontiers to conquer.
(b) It means that the University of Ohio was moving to Akron.
(c) It is a message to graduates who are leaving OU and Columbus, Ohio.
(d) It is a traditional drinking song at Ohio U.

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

4. Where are all the other family members the morning Brenda is making breakfast for Neil?
(a) They have all gone shopping for wedding gifts.
(b) They are all sleeping in.
(c) The have gone to the polo field to watch Ron play.
(d) Mr. Patimkin and Ron are at the business, Mrs. Patimkin is at the temple, and Julie is outside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil think about as he drives into the area of the business?

2. Why does Brenda chase Julie upstairs?

3. What does Neil think about the boy's not returning?

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

5. What does Neil hear coming from Ron's room one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Neil's mood the fall after Brenda returns to school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What turns out to be the rush to get Ron married to Harriet?

10. Why does Neil see Harriet as a perfect match for Ron?

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