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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's father hold the wrong way?
(a) A golf club.
(b) A pitching glove.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A frying pan.

2. Who does the narrator's father hold up as someone to emulate in life?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Billy Rose.
(c) Walter Winchell.
(d) William Rockefeller.

3. What is the narrator's favorite winter meal?
(a) Goulash.
(b) Lamb stew.
(c) Beef stew.
(d) Spaghetti.

4. What do the neighborhood women play with the narrator's mother?
(a) Mah-jongg.
(b) Bingo.
(c) Poker.
(d) Trivial Pursuit.

5. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?
(a) Steak.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Tuna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say was a "mixup" in his house?

2. Why does the narrator's father say his cousin Toby will never want for popularity?

3. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"

4. What is the name of the narrator's father?

5. Who is the shikse who comes to dinner with the narrator's father?

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