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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will "take you for all you're worth and leave you in the gutter," according to the protagonist's parents?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A Jewish girl.
(c) A blondie.
(d) A wife.

3. What does the narrator say that Bubbles is growing?
(a) Arm hair.
(b) Breasts.
(c) A plant.
(d) A moustache.

4. Who wrote the essay, "The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life"?
(a) Freud.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Williams.

5. What does the narrator compare the shikse's hair to on the bus?
(a) Flax.
(b) Oil.
(c) Roses.
(d) Wine.

6. Where do the narrator and the Monkey stop to take pictures on their trip?
(a) The desert.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) The Grand Canyon.
(d) Lake Champlain.

7. What are the names of the "bad boys" with whom the narrator spends time in his youth?
(a) Mendel and Smolka.
(b) Roger and Mendel.
(c) Kevin and Agnew.
(d) Heshie and Jason.

8. Where was Kay from?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Illinois.

9. How old was the narrator when he broke his leg?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fourteen.

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

11. What does the narrator demand from Mandel at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Money.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Details.

12. What is the name of the woman whom the narrator dates in Connecticut?
(a) Sarah Abbott Maulsby.
(b) Elizabeth Stewart.
(c) Jennifer McCathers.
(d) Mary Ann Williams.

13. How old was the narrator in 1950?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Seventeen.

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

15. What does the Monkey say that she hates on their drive back?
(a) Vermont.
(b) The car.
(c) New York.
(d) The south.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he abandoned the Monkey?

2. What color hair does the character Naomi have?

3. Whom did the narrator invite back to his hotel while on the trip in Chapter 6?

4. What does the narrator say he did after the incident with the prostitute?

5. Where does the narrator worry his picture will show up when he's sneaking into the strip club?

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