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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator keep hidden in the basement for the purpose of pleasuring himself?
(a) A milk bottle.
(b) An apple.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A baseball glove.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What does the narrator tell his parents he has which makes him spend so much time in the bathroom?
(a) A sore throat.
(b) A fever.
(c) Constipation.
(d) Diarrhea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator use like it "grows in trees" according to his father?

2. Where does the narrator's mother accuse him of going to eat in Chapter 2?

3. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"

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

5. What is the name of the Company President whose picture hangs in the protagonist's family's hallway?

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