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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator when his testicles recede?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Fourteen.

2. What is all the unconscious can do, according to Freud?
(a) Loathe.
(b) Want.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

3. What do the neighborhood women play with the narrator's mother?
(a) Bingo.
(b) Mah-jongg.
(c) Poker.
(d) Trivial Pursuit.

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

5. What does the narrator's father accuse his son-in-law of being?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A Socialist.
(c) A Democrat.
(d) A Republican.

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

7. What does the narrator's mother threaten him with when he refuses to eat dinner?
(a) A gun.
(b) Being grounded.
(c) A bread knife.
(d) Starvation.

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of the narrator's father?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jack.
(c) George.
(d) William.

13. How many Christian children are in the high school where the narrator attends?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator live with his family in his childhood?

2. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?

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

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

5. What does the narrator resent being sent to buy at the store for his mother?

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