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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature does the narrator hate of his own?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His lips.
(c) His nose.
(d) His arms.

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

3. The narrator refers, in Chapter 4, to his father being "a real Jewish" what?
(a) Clown.
(b) Rebel.
(c) Desperado.
(d) Cowboy.

4. What does Bubbles' father do for a living?
(a) Drives a taxi.
(b) Drives a truck.
(c) Drives a bus.
(d) Works in the circus.

5. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Days with Mother.
(b) Whacking Off.
(c) The Teenage Years.
(d) Adolescence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the intellectual journals the protagonist sent to his father?

2. What is the name of the narrator's father's coworker who bamboozled his mother into eating lobster?

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 4 that he brings his parents nothing but what?

4. What happened to Bubbles, according to Babalu?

5. Where had the narrator attended meetings with his future brother-in-law?

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