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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 is the name of the cleaning woman who works for the narrator's family?
(a) Esther.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Hannah.

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

3. What does the narrator say was a "mixup" in his house?
(a) The children.
(b) Religion.
(c) The dog.
(d) The sexes of his parents.

4. What does the narrator say he's the son in?
(a) A Polish joke.
(b) A hell.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) A Jewish joke.

5. Why does the narrator's father say his cousin Toby will never want for popularity?
(a) She knows shorthand.
(b) She paints.
(c) She plays piano.
(d) She is pretty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?

2. How many goyim were in the narrator's graduating class of 250?

3. What is the name of the narrator's oldest brother?

4. What sport is the narrator obsessed with?

5. What does the narrator's mother do when he does something wrong?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does Alex tell about his mother and lobster?

3. What do Alex and his parents argue about after their dinner in Chapter 4?

4. What frustration does the narrator express in Chapter 4 about his job and his parents' view of it?

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

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

7. Where does Alex's family move during his childhood? When does this happen?

8. What story does the narrator tell about Ronald Nimkin?

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

10. What is the story the narrator tells in the beginning of Chapter 4? Why does he do what he does in this story?

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