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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 did the narrator write as his favorite profession when he was in eighth grade?
(a) Writer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Actor.

2. Who does the last woman the narrator has interest in remind him of?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) His mother.
(c) Queen Margaret.
(d) The Monkey.

3. What does the narrator say that his Rabbi smelled like?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Moth balls.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Bad cologne.

4. What are the names of the "bad boys" with whom the narrator spends time in his youth?
(a) Kevin and Agnew.
(b) Heshie and Jason.
(c) Roger and Mendel.
(d) Mendel and Smolka.

5. What does the Monkey threaten to do if the narrator won't marry her?
(a) Shoot herself.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Jump off the balcony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bubbles' father do for a living?

2. What does the doctor tell the young Alex that he has?

3. Where does the narrator say he abandoned the Monkey?

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

5. What does the narrator say that Bubbles is growing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the second shikse Alex speaks about being involved with in Chapter 5? How is she described?

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

4. What does Alex remark about Israel?

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

6. Where does Alex speak of taking a trip with the Monkey in Chapter 5? What did the voices of his parents say in his head as he drove?

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

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

9. Why did Alex and Kay almost marry? What caused him to end the relationship?

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

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