View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Brenda feel about her mother?
(a) She thinks her mother hates her and is jealous of her.
(b) She thinks her mother stays at home too much.
(c) She thinks her mother is the world's greatest.
(d) She thinks her mother is uneducated.

3. When Neil finds the boy later, what is he doing?
(a) Sitting on the floor looking at a book of Gauguin paintings.
(b) Sleeping under a library table.
(c) Trying to reach a large book on the top shelf.
(d) Crying because the head librarian said he could not see the books.

4. 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.

5. What is a reminder of the Patimkin family's past life in Newark?
(a) Old furniture from their Newark house.
(b) Old Newark newspapers.
(c) Photos of Mr. Patimkin's Newark store.
(d) Old electrical appliances stored in the basement.

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

7. Ironically, where is Mr. Patimkin's store that makes all the money for the family to live in Short Hills?
(a) In Brooklyn.
(b) On the waterfront.
(c) The African-American section of Newark.
(d) In the Bronx.

8. How is Neil's behavior the morning after his dinner with the Patimkin family?
(a) He slouches on the library steps and waits for it to open.
(b) He is grumpy and does not want to go to work.
(c) He is absent minded and forgets to lock his car.
(d) He notices things outside the library but he is daydreaming about Brenda.

9. 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 waste money.
(c) She does not like to throw anything away.
(d) She wears bargain basement clothes.

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

11. In the basement, what is next to a photo of Brenda on a horse?
(a) A photo of Mrs. Patimkin when she was a champion tennis player.
(b) A board with all of her ribbons she won for doing something on a horse.
(c) A blank board for mounting Julie's ribbons if she ever wins any.
(d) A painting of Ron when he was in high school.

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

13. The first time Neil phones Brenda, why does she not come to the phone?
(a) She is taking a bubble bath.
(b) She is out dining at the club.
(c) Her mother does not call her to the phone.
(d) She doesn't want to talk to him.

14. What activity of Mr. Patimkin often interferes with Neil's and Brenda's love making?
(a) His late night sports games on TV.
(b) His frequent visitors to his game room.
(c) His irregular schedule at the store in Newark.
(d) His habit of getting up in the middle of the night for a drink.

15. Besides attending Rutgers, what had Neil been doing in recent years?
(a) He was in the Peace Corps.
(b) He had studied in France.
(c) He was in the army.
(d) He had been drifting around the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aunt Gladys' personal charity?

2. Who are the two main people in Neil's life outside of his family?

3. What is Neil's impression of Brenda as she plays tennis?

4. Why does Aunt Gladys want Neil to leave the Patimkin's telephone number?

5. When Neil wants to phone Brenda in Short Hills, New Jersey, where does he find the Short Hills phone directory?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 863 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample