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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 Ron doing when Neil arrives?
(a) Teaching ghetto kids to play basketball.
(b) Supervising the unloading of some new porcelin sinks.
(c) Sitting in the office making calls.
(d) Talking to some pretty female customers.

2. What is so disturbing to Mrs. Patimkin?
(a) She thinks Brenda has been acting out of spite against the family.
(b) She is upset because she has a man picked out for Brenda to marry.
(c) She is upset because Brenda has betrayed them by having a relationship with a boy from another social class.
(d) She is upset because Brenda did not come and discuss things with her.

3. What is on the record Ron suggests Neil listen to?
(a) Frank Sinatra's greatest hits.
(b) The song, Good-bye Columbus.
(c) The Yale Glee club.
(d) The announcer at Ron's last basketball game.

4. What causes a commotion downstairs while Neil is unpacking for the weekend?
(a) Mrs. Patimkin is screaming at Carlotta for doing a bad job of shopping.
(b) Mrs. Patimkin is having a showdown with her husband over his secretary.
(c) Mrs. Patimkin is furious that Neil is staying over while she is palnning a wedding.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin is angry with Brenda because she never picks up her clothes.

5. What happens at the end of Neil's week at the Patimkin house?
(a) Brenda asks him to stay until Labor Day which is the day of the wedding.
(b) Brenda decides to skip the wedding and return to Radcliffe early.
(c) Mrs. Patimkin asks Neil to vacate his room.
(d) Neil invites Brenda to come stay a week with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Mrs. Patimkin send Neil?

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

4. What does Neil ask Mrs. Patimkin if she has read?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is making Mr. Patimkin sad about bringing Ron into the family business?

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

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

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

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

8. What problem does Brenda admit to Neil?

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

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

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