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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. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"
(a) His first-grade teacher.
(b) His father.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

2. The narrator refers, in Chapter 4, to his father being "a real Jewish" what?
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Desperado.
(c) Clown.
(d) Rebel.

3. What is the name of the narrator's sister?
(a) Hetty.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Hannah.

4. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Jack Portnoy.
(b) Andrew Portnoy.
(c) Alexander Portnoy.
(d) Augustine Portnoy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say is "very funny on the stage--but not to live it"?

3. Why does the narrator's father say his cousin Toby will never want for popularity?

4. What is the narrator's mother's name?

5. What does the narrator keep hidden in the basement for the purpose of pleasuring himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the narrator's father's ambitions for him growing up?

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

3. What is Chapter 2 primarily about?

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

5. Who does the main character think all of his teachers are in disguise? Why?

6. What does Alex remark about his father's bowel movements in Chapter 4?

7. How did the narrator's father feel about his job? How did he express his feelings to his family?

8. What resentments does the narrator recall following the family's move from Jersey City?

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

10. What is the one meaningful conversation the narrator speaks of having with his sister in Chapter 3?

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