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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 nickname did the narrator have for his college girlfriend?
(a) The Geisha.
(b) The China Doll.
(c) The Pumkin.
(d) The Barbie.

2. Who does the narrator refer to as his "final downfall and humiliation" in Chapter 6?
(a) Naomi.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Julia.
(d) Mary Anne.

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

4. Who does the narrator recite a poem by to the Monkey?
(a) William Blake.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Percy Shelley.

5. What feature does the narrator hate of his own?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His arms.
(c) His nose.
(d) His lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the narrator's girl friend in Connecticut gone to college?

2. What is the Monkey's name?

3. What does the narrator say that his Rabbi smelled like?

4. What are the names of the "bad boys" with whom the narrator spends time in his youth?

5. What does the narrator demand from Mandel at the end of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on the trip with the Monkey that began to change their relationship?

2. What, according to the narrator, are the worst sins he has committed in Chapter 4?

3. What does the narrator retell about the burlesque show in Chapter 4?

4. What attracts Alex to Naomi? How does he express his feelings for her?

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

6. What does Alex suggest that the Monkey says are his worst sins?

7. What does Alex remark about Israel?

8. When do the narrator's doubts about the Monkey reach a climax?

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

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

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