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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 believe to be cancer in his freshman year of high school?
(a) A freckle.
(b) A fever blister.
(c) A bruise.
(d) A mole.

2. What sport is the narrator obsessed with?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Baseball.

3. Of what faith is the narrator's family?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Catholic.

4. What does the narrator's father accuse his son-in-law of being?
(a) A Socialist.
(b) A Republican.
(c) A Democrat.
(d) A Communist.

5. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"
(a) His mother.
(b) Morty.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his desires are in Chapter 4?

2. What does the narrator's father sell?

3. What is the term used for a non-Jewish girl?

4. How old is the narrator in the present in Chapter 4, part 2?

5. What is the narrator's sister's married name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does the narrator's father hold up as someone to emulate? Why?

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

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

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

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