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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Monkey threaten to do if the narrator won't marry her?
(a) Jump off the balcony.
(b) Shoot herself.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Leave him.

2. What was the name of the prostitute the narrator and Monkey picked up?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Emily.
(d) Lina.

3. Where had the narrator's girl friend in Connecticut gone to college?
(a) Vassar.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) NYU.

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

5. Where does the narrator worry his picture will show up when he's sneaking into the strip club?
(a) Newark Evening News.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Daily Enquirer.
(d) The New York Times.

6. What is the name of the radio play the narrator writes in his youth?
(a) Shikse's Revenge.
(b) Songs of Communism.
(c) Let Freedom Ring!
(d) Free and Brave.

7. What does the protagonist worry he will catch from Bubbles?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Syphillis.
(c) Herpes.
(d) The flu.

8. What nickname did the narrator have for his college girlfriend?
(a) The Pumkin.
(b) The Geisha.
(c) The China Doll.
(d) The Barbie.

9. When did the narrator go home to visit his college girlfriend's family?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Hannukah.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

10. Who is the renowned columnist whom the narrator speaks of having shaken his hand?
(a) Dr. Wilson Waterman.
(b) Dr. Frank Kingdon.
(c) Dr. Andrew Rosenberg.
(d) Dr. Fred Woolverton.

11. What Sunday morning ritual does the narrator talk about in his neighborhood in Chapter 6?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Frisbee.
(c) Softball.
(d) Basketball.

12. What does the doctor tell the young Alex that he has?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) Osgood Shlatterer's Disease.
(c) Polio.
(d) Archibald Schlotze Disease.

13. What did the narrator's college girlfriend at Antioch do?
(a) Edit the yearbook.
(b) Taught classes.
(c) Edit a fashion magazine.
(d) Edit a literary magazine.

14. Where does the narrator say he abandoned the Monkey?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Greece.
(d) London.

15. What does the Monkey fantasize about on the drive back after their trip?
(a) Being a prostitute.
(b) Being in movies.
(c) Being a writer.
(d) Being a grown-up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name does the Monkey have for the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say that the Monkey is, in his dad's terms?

3. How old was the narrator in 1950?

4. What does the narrator demand from Mandel at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What happened to Bubbles, according to Babalu?

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