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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Neil call Brenda for the second time?
(a) When Uncle Max gets home from work.
(b) Just before midnight.
(c) The next day.
(d) After the ten o'clock news.

2. How does Brenda change the subject and get Neil to stop playing?
(a) She threatens to scream.
(b) She tells him to grow up.
(c) She challenges him to a race across the pool.
(d) She asks about his parents.

3. How does Neil react to Brenda's invitation to spend a week at her house?
(a) He hesitates because of Mrs. Patimkin.
(b) He says he'll have to check with his Aunt Gladys.
(c) He is shocked that she would suggest such a thing.
(d) He agrees eagerly and takes his vacation time.

4. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?
(a) Her identity is based on her children's education.
(b) She has gone from former debutante to simple housewife.
(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.

5. When Neil does not answer when Brenda asks if he loves her, what does Brenda say?
(a) She says she will sleep with him anyway.
(b) She says for him to leave until he makes up his mind.
(c) She asks if the cat had gotten his tongue.
(d) She says she knows he does.

6. How do Neil and Brenda meet?
(a) He meets her at a political rally in Newark.
(b) He helps her find a book at the Newark Public Library.
(c) She asks him to hold her glasses while she dives into the pool at the Green Lane Country Club.
(d) They meet at a debutante ball where Neil is playing in the band.

7. What is the small boy who was outside growling at the lions asking for when he says he wants to see heart books?
(a) He wants books of Valentines.
(b) He does not want paperback books.
(c) He wants to look at picture books of art.
(d) He wants to learn about his father's medical condition.

8. When Julie sees Neil get something from the refrigerator, what does she say?
(a) She is going to tell her mother that Neil was drinking beer.
(b) She says that Neil is like a street person.
(c) She says the chocolates are for her mother.
(d) The cherries are not washed.

9. What disruption takes place when Ron needs to leave?
(a) A Chrysler and Neil's Plymouth need to be moved so Ron can get his Volkswagen out of the drive.
(b) There comes a brief shower and everyone has to take cover.
(c) Julie and Mr. Patimkin get into an arguement on the tennis court.
(d) Mrs. Patimkin and Carlotta come out with coffee.

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

11. What does Neil notice about Mr. Patimkin?
(a) That he eats very little.
(b) That he reminds Neil of his own father.
(c) That he tends to dominate the conversation.
(d) That he is short and has nothing to say.

12. Where does he say his parents live?
(a) Albany.
(b) Miami.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Tuscon.

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

14. What comment does Neil make to Brenda about her mother.
(a) That he thinks she is beautiful.
(b) That she is a bit of a snob.
(c) That she seems to rule the household.
(d) That she could lose some weight.

15. What shows that Neill is not a part of Brenda's social set?
(a) He says they can go out Dutch treat.
(b) He asks if she would like to go to McDonald's.
(c) He asks her how he should dress.
(d) He says he will be driving a Plymouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Neil's behavior the morning after his dinner with the Patimkin family?

2. What activity of Mr. Patimkin often interferes with Neil's and Brenda's love making?

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

4. What happens when Julie loses the game?

5. In the basement, what is next to a photo of Brenda on a horse?

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