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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he hasn't heard from the Monkey for 3 days on their ride back?
(a) The hillbilly routine.
(b) Her love for him.
(c) Her talk of marriage.
(d) The country accent.

2. Who does the narrator recite a poem by to the Monkey?
(a) William Butler Yeats.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Lord Byron.

3. What is the Monkey's name?
(a) Mary Jane Reed.
(b) Beth Ann Williams.
(c) Mary Jo Anderson.
(d) Elizabeth Reed.

4. What kind of car did the narrator and Monkey rent on their trip?
(a) A station-wagon.
(b) A sedan.
(c) A convertable.
(d) A truck.

5. What pet name does the Monkey have for the narrator?
(a) Ally.
(b) Lovebug.
(c) Breakie.
(d) Firefly.

6. What color hair does the character Naomi have?
(a) Black.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

7. What phrase does the narrator say he never said before his trip with the college girlfriend?
(a) Ciao.
(b) Goodnight.
(c) Good morning.
(d) I love you.

8. Where does Smolka go on to be a professor as an adult?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Boston University.

9. What is one of the books the narrator buys for the Monkey?
(a) The Kama Sutra.
(b) Das Kampf.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) Animal Farm.

10. What is the name of the strip club the narrator speaks of going to when he was underage?
(a) Irene's House.
(b) Empire Burlesque.
(c) Madison Burlesque.
(d) The Pussycat Lounge.

11. What had the Monkey once been?
(a) A model.
(b) A writer.
(c) A painter.
(d) A prostitute.

12. Why does the narrator go to Irvington Park to ice skate?
(a) It's by his house.
(b) To play with friends.
(c) His sister takes him.
(d) To watch shikses.

13. What does the narrator say he did after the incident with the prostitute?
(a) Prayed.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Vomited.
(d) Cried.

14. Who does the narrator refer to as his "final downfall and humiliation" in Chapter 6?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Julia.
(d) Naomi.

15. What does the narrator nickname the owner of the local candy store at the Sunday rituals?
(a) The Mad Russian.
(b) The Crazy Kook.
(c) The Bookie.
(d) The Kibbitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the girl whom the main character has his first sexual experience?

2. When did the narrator go home to visit his college girlfriend's family?

3. What is above the bathroom sink in the Girardi home?

4. To what place does the narrator speak of taking a trip to in Chapter 6?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 6, "Doctor, maybe other patients dream--with me, everything _______."

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