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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 in the present in Chapter 4, part 2?
(a) Thirty-three.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty.

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

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

4. How old was the narrator when he broke his knee?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twenty.

5. What is not kosher after eating meat?
(a) Cake.
(b) Cream in coffee.
(c) Jello.
(d) Dessert.

6. In Chapter 4, where did the narrator break up with his previous girlfriend?
(a) Oslo.
(b) Athens.
(c) Rome.
(d) The Netherlands.

7. What does the narrator say doesn't grow on trees in Chapter 4?
(a) Inhibition.
(b) Love.
(c) Faith.
(d) Dedication.

8. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"
(a) His mother.
(b) Morty.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. The narrator claims in Chapter 4 that he brings his parents nothing but what?
(a) Rage.
(b) Irritation.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Grief.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Of what faith is the narrator's family?

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

5. What non-kosher food does the narrator have for dinner while out with his sister?

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