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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 does the protagonist worry he will catch from Bubbles?
(a) Herpes.
(b) The flu.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) Syphillis.

2. What does the narrator demand from Mandel at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Money.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Details.

3. What does the narrator say that Bubbles is growing?
(a) A moustache.
(b) Arm hair.
(c) Breasts.
(d) A plant.

4. What does the narrator say he did after the incident with the prostitute?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Cried.
(d) Vomited.

5. What pet name does the Monkey have for the narrator?
(a) Firefly.
(b) Lovebug.
(c) Ally.
(d) Breakie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will "take you for all you're worth and leave you in the gutter," according to the protagonist's parents?

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

3. Who was the narrator's girl friend at Antioch?

4. What does the narrator refer to the bus driver as in Chapter 4, Part 3?

5. What did the narrator's college girlfriend at Antioch do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator's first sexual experience occur with Bubbles?

5. 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?

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

7. What does Alex remark about Israel?

8. What does Alex say about the photo of Jesus in Bubbles's house?

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

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

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