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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 is the one topic the narrator says is the only thing to which his father can "sink his teeth?"
(a) The news.
(b) The theater.
(c) Life insurance.
(d) The New Jersey Turnpike.

2. Of what faith is the narrator's family?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Protestant.

3. What is the name of the narrator's father?
(a) George.
(b) William.
(c) Jack.
(d) Alex.

4. How does the narrator's mother say that Melvin Weiner gave himself colitis?
(a) Eating potato chips.
(b) Eating hamburgers.
(c) Eating chazerai.
(d) Eating pickles.

5. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) Morty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell his parents he has which makes him spend so much time in the bathroom?

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

3. What happened to the intellectual journals the protagonist sent to his father?

4. What does the narrator's mother threaten him with when he refuses to eat dinner?

5. What was the narrator's mother called in high school?

(see the answer key)

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