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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Neil notice about Mr. Patimkin?
2. What question is raised in the reader's mind about Brenda?
3. What information does Neil get from Julie?
4. Why does Brenda chastise Neil after he returns home and calls her?
5. What impresses Aunt Gladys about Neil's description of the Patimkin house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Neil not conscious of class distinctions?
2. What evidence is there that Brenda is driven by appearances?
3. Describe Neil's family in Newark.
4. How is Julie's character further defined in the play room that evening?
5. Describe the relationship between Neil and Brenda during the summer.
6. Explain the prejudice of the head librarian against the boy.
7. Explain a commonality between Neil and the boy.
8. Relate what happens when Neil finds a refrigerator in the other part of the basement.
9. How does the reader get introduced to ten-year-old Julie Patimkin?
10. Tell how the relationship has developed between Neil and the boy who comes to look at the Gauguin book.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a paper on whether you think Brenda was simply toying with Neil or whether she really was in love but could not face the problems their relationship would involve.
Essay Topic 2
There is a belief that people say what they really think when they are drunk. It is possible that drunk, Mr. Patimkin could accept Neil because he also came from the same Newark background. But sober, he had to agree with his wife that Neil was beneath Brenda. Write a paper on whether you agree that people are more truthful under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper about how you feel about class consciousness. Express whether you think it still exists today. Be specific with your reasons and give examples.
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