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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator's father encourage him to take a course in in high school?
(a) Shorthand.
(b) Woodworking.
(c) Home Economics.
(d) Typing.

3. What does the narrator's father sell?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Vacuum cleaners.
(c) Ties.
(d) Bonds.

4. What does the narrator say he's the son in?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A hell.
(c) A Jewish joke.
(d) A Polish joke.

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

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 is the name of the narrator's sister?

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

4. How does the narrator's mother say that Melvin Weiner gave himself colitis?

5. What beach does the narrator's family stay at during the summers?

(see the answer key)

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