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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator eat which makes his mother weep in Chapter 2?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) French fries.

2. What does the narrator refer to the bus driver as in Chapter 4, Part 3?
(a) A Goy.
(b) A Polack.
(c) A Jew.
(d) An Irishman.

3. What happened to the intellectual journals the protagonist sent to his father?
(a) They were burned.
(b) They were mailed back.
(c) They were thrown out.
(d) They were put in the library.

4. On what street did the narrator's college girl friend grow up?
(a) Elm.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Willow.
(d) Smith.

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister's husband?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Morty.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator write as his favorite profession when he was in eighth grade?

2. How old is the narrator in the present in Chapter 4, part 2?

3. Who does the narrator now work for in Chapter 4, Part 2?

4. Why does the narrator go to Irvington Park to ice skate?

5. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?

(see the answer key)

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