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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the area like in Short Hills?
(a) Rows of highrise condos.
(b) big houses people use only for the summer.
(c) Mansions with valet service.
(d) Large houses with green lawns and water sprinklers.

2. What does Aunt Gladys say she and Max were able to do because they lived over their store?
(a) Get to work on time.
(b) Put Neil's cousin Susan through college.
(c) Be their own security guards.
(d) Invest in the stock market.

3. What does Neil explain to the boy?
(a) That he should have his mother come with him to the library.
(b) That the head librarian would be leaving in a few minutes.
(c) That he needs a library card to look at the books.
(d) That the Gauguin paintings were done in Tahiti.

4. Where is the house of Neil Klugman's aunt and uncle where he lives?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Lower Manhattan.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) The Bronx.

5. What is Neil's impression of Brenda as she plays tennis?
(a) Neil thinks her tennis outfit is very expensive.
(b) Neil thinks she looks masculine while playing tennis.
(c) Neil wonders why she sweats so much.
(d) Neil thinks Brenda plays tennis with beauty and grace.

6. What is the rule when Mr. Patimkin invites Neil to play basketball with him and Julie?
(a) When Julie has the ball, Mr. Patimkin is on her team.
(b) Everyone must play hard to win.
(c) Neil must remove his shirt.
(d) Julie must win the game.

7. Why does the boy not want to check out the Gauguin book after Neil promises to help him?
(a) He fears it will get damaged in his house.
(b) He fears he might lose it and he cannot pay to replace it.
(c) He doesn't want the other boys to see what he is reading.
(d) He thinks it's too heavy to carry to his house.

8. How does Neil feel being there as Julie's babysitter?
(a) He is glad to do it because he will see Branda when she returns.
(b) He is bored and wants to go home.
(c) He thinks he can get Julie to tell him family secrets.
(d) He feels like a poor relative.

9. What do Neil and Julie do in the playroom?
(a) Play chess.
(b) Throw darts.
(c) Play ping pong.
(d) Watch television.

10. What request does Brenda make to her father?
(a) If he will help her get rid of Neil.
(b) If she can invite Neil to spend a week in their house before summer ends.
(c) If he will offer Neil a job in his store.
(d) If he will buy her a new convertible.

11. What Characteristic of Mrs. Patimkin gives evidence of her more humble beginnings?
(a) She still does her own cooking and cleaning.
(b) She does not like to throw anything away.
(c) She does not like to waste money.
(d) She wears bargain basement clothes.

12. Who arrives at the pool and meets Neil?
(a) Brenda's brother, Ron.
(b) Brenda's ex-boyfriend.
(c) Several of Brenda's sorority sisters.
(d) Brenda's mother.

13. Who are the two main people in Neil's life outside of his family?
(a) Aunt Gladys and Uncle Max.
(b) Ron and Harriet.
(c) The head librarian and Brenda.
(d) Brenda and the little boy in the library.

14. What is strange about Brenda's feeling that Neil is pursuing her?
(a) She is the one who invited him to the Country Club.
(b) She is the one who initiates the play.
(c) She keeps encouraging him.
(d) She is the one who makes all the rules.

15. What shows Neil's eagerness to see Brenda?
(a) He reads up on the lives of the rich and famous.
(b) He arrives early in Short Hills.
(c) He changes his clothes seven times.
(d) He keeps looking at his watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Neil finds the boy later, what is he doing?

2. What information does Neil get from Julie?

3. Why is Neil less class conscious than Brenda's family?

4. The first time Neil phones Brenda, why does she not come to the phone?

5. When Neil says the Patimkins do not live over their store, what does Aunt Gladys say?

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