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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's family move in 1941?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Newark.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the cleaning woman who works for the narrator's family?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Mary.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Esther.

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

9. What is the name of the narrator's oldest brother?
(a) Horace.
(b) Hymie.
(c) Agnew.
(d) John.

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

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

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

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

14. Where did American Nazis hold picnics only blocks from the narrator's house?
(a) A local park.
(b) The parking lot of the Synogogue.
(c) A beer garden.
(d) A church.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the narrator's mother called in high school?

3. Who is the narrator sitting next to on the bus in Chapter 4?

4. What is the name of the narrator's sister?

5. What is the narrator's cousin's name who lives in Newark?

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