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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bubbles call the narrator before he leaves?
(a) "Kike."
(b) "Nazi."
(c) "Kid."
(d) "Jerk."

3. What college does the Monkey pick up an application for?
(a) Hunter.
(b) SUNY.
(c) Wellsely.
(d) NYU.

4. What is the narrator suggest he might get the chair for in the end of the novel?
(a) Being a pig.
(b) Tearing the tag off a mattress.
(c) Rape.
(d) Murder.

5. Of what faith is the narrator's family?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say doesn't grow on trees in Chapter 4?

2. What is one of the books the narrator buys for the Monkey?

3. Where does the woman Naomi show around the narrator in the end of the novel?

4. What is the name of the girl whom the protagonist has his first sexual experience?

5. How old is the narrator in 1946?

(see the answer key)

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