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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What is the name of the narrator's father's coworker who bamboozled his mother into eating lobster?
(a) Francois.
(b) Flannery.
(c) Doyle.
(d) Allen.

5. What does the narrator resent being sent to buy at the store for his mother?
(a) Kotex.
(b) Toilet paper.
(c) Birthday cards.
(d) Dinner.

6. What does the narrator have a difficult time believing in?
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Lust.
(d) Sex.

7. What does the narrator eat which makes his mother weep in Chapter 2?
(a) Potato chips.
(b) French fries.
(c) Hamburgers.
(d) Hot dogs.

8. What is the narrator's cousin's name who lives in Newark?
(a) William.
(b) Horace.
(c) Humphry.
(d) Harold.

9. What non-kosher food does the narrator have for dinner while out with his sister?
(a) Oysters.
(b) Lobster.
(c) Snails.
(d) Catfish.

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

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

12. What is the narrator's mother's name?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Isabel.

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

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

15. What is the psychiatrist's name to whom the narrator speaks?
(a) Dr. Woolverton.
(b) Dr. Spielvogel.
(c) Dr. Freud.
(d) Dr. Claxton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's mother doing when he sees her menstrual blood?

2. What is the name of the Company President whose picture hangs in the protagonist's family's hallway?

3. Why does the narrator's father say his cousin Toby will never want for popularity?

4. What kind of grades does the young narrator make?

5. What do the narrator's parents complain about when they come visit him at his apartment?

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