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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Simple as 1, 2,3; Getting Ahead; Hotel City; Who Is Herman; Sexist Pig.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard was so sensitive about being a sissy that it even bothered him to buy what snacks from the market?
(a) Peppermint Patties and Toasted Dainties.
(b) Bon-Bons and Lady Fingers.
(c) Toasted Dainties and Lady Fingers.
(d) Pink cupcakes and Peppermint Patties.

2. When Richard was older, his father picked a leaf off a tree that had a little brown line in the shape of what?
(a) The letter C.
(b) A circle.
(c) A question mark.
(d) A triangle.

3. When Richard was little and in a high chair, what did his father bring home for him to play with that were of various colors?
(a) Blocks.
(b) Pencils.
(c) Bathroom tiles.
(d) Balloons.

4. When the taxi driver took Richard around an East Indian neighborhood, he pointed out two women he admired who gathered enough money to buy what?
(a) A television.
(b) A sewing machine.
(c) A bigger house.
(d) A car.

5. What did Richard say was the word that described the "printed pictures which had just come out in newspapers"?
(a) Pictorials.
(b) Printographs.
(c) Letterographies.
(d) Rotogravures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard tells a story about an old friend in Los Alamos calling him to tell him some sad news. The sad news was that who had died?

2. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?

3. What was the name of Richard's sister?

4. When Richard was a small boy, what did his father read to him?

5. The first time Richard ever said anything to the most popular girl at school was where?

(see the answer key)

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