2. What will "take you for all you're worth and leave you in the gutter," according to the protagonist's parents?
(a) A wife.
(b) A blondie.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A Jewish girl.

3. Where had the narrator attended meetings with his future brother-in-law?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Bund Society.
(c) The Veterans of Foreign Wars.
(d) The American Veterans Committee.

4. Where did the narrator go on a trip with the Monkey?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Israel.

5. Where had the narrator's girl friend in Connecticut gone to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Vassar.
(c) NYU.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the protagonist worry he will catch from Bubbles?

3. What unnerves the narrator about the Monkey?

4. What is the name of the girl whom the protagonist has his first sexual experience?

5. What happened to Bubbles, according to Babalu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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