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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 narrator's name?
(a) Alexander Portnoy.
(b) Jack Portnoy.
(c) Andrew Portnoy.
(d) Augustine Portnoy.

2. What does the narrator's mother obsess over him catching?
(a) Gangrene.
(b) The flu.
(c) Polio.
(d) A cold.

3. What is the name of the cleaning woman who works for the narrator's family?
(a) Esther.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Dorothy.

4. What does the narrator believe to be cancer in his freshman year of high school?
(a) A bruise.
(b) A fever blister.
(c) A mole.
(d) A freckle.

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Hetty.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Hannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the psychiatrist's name to whom the narrator speaks?

2. What is the term used for a non-Jewish girl?

3. What is the title of Chapter 2?

4. What is the narrator's mother's name?

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister's husband?

(see the answer key)

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