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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 does Noel think of the West Side girls he has dated?
(a) He always has a good time with them.
(b) He thinks they are the same as girls from other areas of New York.
(c) He has a low opinion of them.
(d) He dislikes them because they are always clingy.

2. Why does Marsha ask Marjorie for a letter of introduction to Sandy Goldstone?
(a) So she can obtain a job at Lamms Department Store.
(b) So she can become closer to Sandy.
(c) So she can set him up with her sister.
(d) So she can ask him to introduce her to his professor.

3. Where did Marjorie and her family used to live before the start of the novel?
(a) Queens.
(b) Harlem.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Maryland.

4. What is the generic name Noel has given to West Side girls?
(a) Susie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Betty.
(d) Shirley.

5. Who is Mr. Klabber?
(a) Marjorie's father's business partner.
(b) The owner of Camp Tamarack.
(c) Marjorie's mother's lover.
(d) Marjorie's distant cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Marsha's parents described?

2. What additional task at South Wind does Noel offer Marjorie during a dinner date?

3. Why is Marjorie carried to a cab in Chapter 2?

4. Why is Uncle Samson working at South Wind?

5. Why will Sandy not be going to medical school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What faults does Marjorie see in Sandy in Chapter 5?

2. Who does Marjorie's mother send to South Wind to keep an eye on her?

3. Where does George work and why?

4. Where and why does Marjorie decide to change her career plans in Chapter 1? What is her new chosen career?

5. Where does Marjorie's mother arrange to stay in Chapter 4? Why?

6. Who is Sandy Goldstone? How does Marjorie know Sandy?

7. Describe Marsha's parents.

8. Describe Marjorie at the beginning of the novel.

9. What does Mr. Klabber offer Marjorie after her success in The Mikado?

10. What makes Marjorie dread her brother's Bar Mitzvah?

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