Portnoy's Complaint Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Portnoy's Complaint Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's uncle's name?
(a) Hesh.
(b) Nate.
(c) Phil.
(d) Woody.

2. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Steak.

3. What does the narrator say was a "mixup" in his house?
(a) The sexes of his parents.
(b) The dog.
(c) The children.
(d) Religion.

4. Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork?
(a) His sister's house.
(b) The Synogogue.
(c) At home.
(d) The Chinese restaurant.

5. What does the narrator tell his parents he has which makes him spend so much time in the bathroom?
(a) A fever.
(b) A sore throat.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Constipation.

6. What beach does the narrator's family stay at during the summers?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) Neptune Beach.
(d) Bradley Beach.

7. Where does the narrator live with his family in his childhood?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Florida.

8. How old is the narrator when he pleasures himself on a public bus?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seventeen.

9. What was the name of the boy who the narrator talks of having committed suicide?
(a) James Schwartz.
(b) Andrew Sparks.
(c) Wilbur Schwartzman.
(d) Ronald Nimkin.

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

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

12. What does the narrator say that with sex the human imagination runs to?
(a) The nth level.
(b) Hell.
(c) Eternity.
(d) Z.

13. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His first-grade teacher.
(d) His wife.

14. What happened to the intellectual journals the protagonist sent to his father?
(a) They were thrown out.
(b) They were burned.
(c) They were put in the library.
(d) They were mailed back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the company for whom the narrator's father works?

2. What do the neighborhood women play with the narrator's mother?

3. How does the narrator's mother say that Melvin Weiner gave himself colitis?

4. What is the title of Chapter 2?

5. What is the term used for a non-Jewish girl?

(see the answer keys)

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