1. What is the difference in their educations?
(a) Brenda makes only fair grades while Neil graduated at the top of his class.
(b) Brenda is still in school but Neill is a dropout.
(c) Brenda attends Radcliffe in Boston. Neil had attended Newark Colleges of Rutgers University, a lesser institution.
(d) Brenda attends Radcliffe while Neil is working on a degree from community college.

2. What shows Brenda's competitive nature?
(a) Brenda is arguing that her last shot was in bounds.
(b) Brenda is ahead five games to four.
(c) Brenda does not notice Neil until the game is over.
(d) Brenda makes sure the score of each game is written down.

3. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?
(a) She has gone from former debutante to simple housewife.
(b) Her identity is based on her children's education.
(c) Her identity is derived directly from her husband's wealth and upwards mobility and from being Brenda's mother.
(d) She has never forgotten her humble beginnings and remains simple and kind.

4. What was Mrs. Patimkin's connection to sports when she was younger?
(a) She played water polo in college.
(b) She ran in the Boston Marathon once.
(c) Mrs. Patimkin had been the best tennis player in the state at one time.
(d) She was a great golfer at one time.

5. What question is raised in the reader's mind about Brenda?
(a) Is Brenda simply bored with her summer vacation?
(b) Is she really interested in Neil or just having a forbidden fling?
(c) Is she really what she appears to be?
(d) Is Brenda a girl who falls only for men beneath her station?