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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. Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork?
(a) The Chinese restaurant.
(b) At home.
(c) His sister's house.
(d) The Synogogue.

2. What beach does the narrator's family stay at during the summers?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Neptune Beach.
(c) Bradley Beach.
(d) Coney Island.

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

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

5. What is the name of the company for whom the narrator's father works?
(a) Boston & Northeastern Life.
(b) Johnson & Johnson.
(c) Ernst, Williams & Johnson.
(d) Williams & Flannagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator eat which makes his mother weep in Chapter 2?

2. What is the narrator's mother doing when he sees her menstrual blood?

3. What does the narrator's father say one must prepare for?

4. What does the narrator resent being sent to buy at the store for his mother?

5. What does the narrator remark about the woman whom his father brings home to dinner?

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