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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. Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork?
(a) At home.
(b) His sister's house.
(c) The Synogogue.
(d) The Chinese restaurant.

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The High Life.
(b) The Jewish Blues.
(c) Adulthood.
(d) The War Chamber.

3. What was the name of the boy who the narrator talks of having committed suicide?
(a) James Schwartz.
(b) Ronald Nimkin.
(c) Wilbur Schwartzman.
(d) Andrew Sparks.

4. What does the narrator say is "very funny on the stage--but not to live it"?
(a) The macabre.
(b) Life.
(c) The parents.
(d) Pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's father say one must prepare for?

2. How old was the narrator when he broke his knee?

3. What is the narrator's favorite winter meal?

4. What is the title of Chapter 4?

5. Where does the narrator's mother accuse him of going to eat in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator suspect about the shikse who came to his family's house? Why?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator's mother do to him when he is "bad?" How does he react?

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

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

9. What body-related incidents does the narrator recall in Chapter 3?

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

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