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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 are some of the people like at the wedding?
(a) They are all very formal and subdued.
(b) Some of the people are ugly.
(c) Eccentrics from both families attend Ron and Harriet's wedding.
(d) The families do not get along and remain separated.

2. Why does Neil feel lonely at the Patimkin house?
(a) Brenda has gone with the family to pick up Harriet at the airport.
(b) Brenda only sees him when he comes to her room at night.
(c) No one will talk to him.
(d) Neil is beginning to feel out of his class.

3. 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) The nervousness of their relationship after getting the diaphragm.
(c) All of the activity surrounding the wedding.
(d) The sudden arrival of Harriet's cousins.

4. Where did Ron get the record he puts on the phonograph?
(a) He bought it in Columbus Ohio.
(b) He got it at graduation from Ohio State University.
(c) Brenda had given it ot him years ago.
(d) He found it at a flea market.

5. How do Brenda and Neil begin to talk about their relationship?
(a) As though it never happened.
(b) In the past tense.
(c) Out of fear.
(d) As a mismatch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Neil wait for Brenda while she is at the doctor's office?

2. What disappointing news does Neil get from Brenda?

3. What does Ron ask Neil if he would like to listen to?

4. How does Neil get away to go meet Brenda in New York?

5. Where are all the other family members the morning Brenda is making breakfast for Neil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of the commotion downstairs as Neil is unpacking in the guest room?

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

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

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

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

6. Is there something shallow about the discussion of religion between Mrs. Patimkin and Neil? Explain.

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

8. How does Brenda express her contempt for Harriet?

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

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

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