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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator now work for in Chapter 4, Part 2?
(a) The DA's office.
(b) The New York Bar Association.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Police Commissioner.

2. Where did the narrator go on a trip with the Monkey?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Israel.

3. What does the narrator say he's the son in?
(a) A Jewish joke.
(b) A Polish joke.
(c) A hell.
(d) A nightmare.

4. What are the names of the "bad boys" with whom the narrator spends time in his youth?
(a) Mendel and Smolka.
(b) Roger and Mendel.
(c) Heshie and Jason.
(d) Kevin and Agnew.

5. What is the last thing Naomi calls Portnoy on her way out?
(a) Jerk.
(b) Kike.
(c) Pig.
(d) Awful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his desires are in Chapter 4?

2. What phrase does the narrator say he never said before his trip with the college girlfriend?

3. What does the narrator say that with sex the human imagination runs to?

4. What does the narrator's father say one must prepare for?

5. What does the narrator's mother obsess over him catching?

(see the answer key)

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