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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say his desires are in Chapter 4?
(a) Perverse.
(b) Evasions.
(c) Excuses.
(d) Endless.

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

3. Where is the narrator's uncle's store?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Newark.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Jersey City.

4. Where did the narrator's father take him once a month when he was young?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The shvitz bath.

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister's husband?
(a) Martin.
(b) Morty.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Christopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's father encourage him to take a course in in high school?

2. The narrator claims in Chapter 4 that he brings his parents nothing but what?

3. How old is the narrator when his testicles recede?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator's father work? What line of business is he in? Where is his "route?"

2. Who is the shikse who came to the young Alex's family's home? Why?

3. How does the narrator feel about the laws of Judaism?

4. Why does the young Alex believe he has cancer?

5. What are the protagonist's principle memories of his father from early childhood?

6. How does the narrator describe his sister in their early years?

7. What does the narrator's mother believe he has been eating in Chapter 2? How does she react?

8. What does the narrator say he grew up to NOT be, at least, in Chapter 4? Why?

9. What became of the narrator's cousin? Why?

10. What does the narrator speak of regarding his humiliations with his mother as a child in Chapter 3?

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