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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. What was the narrator's mother called in high school?
(a) Girly.
(b) Red.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Soapie.

2. What is the narrator's cousin's name who lives in Newark?
(a) William.
(b) Horace.
(c) Harold.
(d) Humphry.

3. What is the principle ailment of the narrator's father?
(a) Constipation.
(b) Depression.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Diarrhea.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) The Jewish Blues.
(c) The High Life.
(d) The War Chamber.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's sister?

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

5. Where did the narrator's father take him once a month when he was young?

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