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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Hannah's problem, according to the narrator?
(a) She's too smart.
(b) She's depressive.
(c) She's overweight.
(d) She's coddled.

4. What do the narrator's parents complain about when they come visit him at his apartment?
(a) His hair.
(b) His job.
(c) His rug.
(d) His couch.

5. What does the narrator's mother do when he does something wrong?
(a) Locks him out of the apartment.
(b) Sends him to his father.
(c) Spanks him.
(d) Refuses to feed him.

6. What is the name of the Company President whose picture hangs in the protagonist's family's hallway?
(a) Kenneth R. Moriarty.
(b) Jackson Williams.
(c) William S. Woodbury.
(d) N. Everett Lindabury.

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

8. What is the narrator's mother doing when he sees her menstrual blood?
(a) Baking cookies.
(b) Koshering meat.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Serving dinner.

9. Where does the narrator's mother accuse him of going to eat in Chapter 2?
(a) Henry's Burgers.
(b) O'Casey's.
(c) Harold's Hot Dog.
(d) Katz's Deli.

10. What is the term used for a non-Jewish girl?
(a) Yidka.
(b) Lynx.
(c) Shikse.
(d) Goyetta.

11. What does the narrator's father hold the wrong way?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A golf club.
(c) A pitching glove.
(d) A frying pan.

12. What does the narrator's mother tell him to give to his father in Chapter 4?
(a) A tie.
(b) A loan.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A card.

13. What sport is the narrator obsessed with?
(a) Football.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

14. What did the narrator eat that was his sister's?
(a) Cake.
(b) Liver.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Spaetzle.

15. What does the narrator remark about the woman whom his father brings home to dinner?
(a) Her skin.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her ankles.
(d) Her legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman whom the narrator has a longer affair with than most?

2. What was in the letter that Ronald Nimkin left as his final words to his mother?

3. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"

4. What did the narrator's father encourage him to take a course in in high school?

5. What does the narrator's mother threaten him with when he refuses to eat dinner?

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