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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 had the Monkey previously married?
(a) A Jewish architect.
(b) A French industrialist.
(c) An Italian painter.
(d) A French chef.

2. How old was the narrator in 1950?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

3. What was the narrator's IQ at age 12?
(a) 124.
(b) 158.
(c) 176.
(d) 143.

4. To what place does the narrator speak of taking a trip to in Chapter 6?
(a) California.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Israel.
(d) Italy.

5. What kind of car did the narrator and Monkey rent on their trip?
(a) A station-wagon.
(b) A convertable.
(c) A sedan.
(d) A truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feel after his experience with a woman the first time?

2. What college does the Monkey pick up an application for?

3. What irritates the narrator about the way the Monkey reads?

4. How old was the narrator when he broke his leg?

5. What does the Monkey fantasize about on the drive back after their trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the Monkey's life story in Chapter 4?

2. How does Alex describe the "Sunday morning ritual" in his neighborhood?

3. What does the memories of the Monkey conjure in Alex's memory in Chapter 4?

4. What happened with Mandel and Bubbles? What does this prompt the narrator to need to know?

5. What does the narrator say about his resentment for his Jewishness and shikses in Chapter 4?

6. What does Alex say he sometimes fantasizes about in Chapter 6?

7. What is the title of Chapter 5? What does this refer to?

8. What does the Monkey fantasize about while returning from their trip? How does Alex ruin this mood?

9. Who does Alex describe as the first of the shikses he had a relationship with? What attracted him to her?

10. What story does Alex tell of the Monkey with the married couple?

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