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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. Whom did the narrator invite back to his hotel while on the trip in Chapter 6?
(a) A Jewish Lieutenant.
(b) A Jewish maid.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A comedian.

2. What is the Monkey's name?
(a) Mary Jo Anderson.
(b) Mary Jane Reed.
(c) Elizabeth Reed.
(d) Beth Ann Williams.

3. Where does the narrator worry his picture will show up when he's sneaking into the strip club?
(a) The Sun.
(b) Newark Evening News.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Daily Enquirer.

4. Where do the narrator and the Monkey stop to take pictures on their trip?
(a) Niagara Falls.
(b) The desert.
(c) Lake Champlain.
(d) The Grand Canyon.

5. How old was the Monkey when she arrived in New York?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bubbles call the narrator before he leaves?

2. What had the Monkey once been?

3. How old was the narrator in 1950?

4. The narrator says in Chapter 6, "Doctor, maybe other patients dream--with me, everything _______."

5. What is the name of the strip club the narrator speaks of going to when he was underage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bubbles? What was she to Alex?

2. How did Alex feel about having "a real" relationship with the Monkey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Alex remark about Israel?

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

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