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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the people like at the wedding?
(a) The families do not get along and remain separated.
(b) Eccentrics from both families attend Ron and Harriet's wedding.
(c) They are all very formal and subdued.
(d) Some of the people are ugly.

2. What is on the record Ron suggests Neil listen to?
(a) The song, Good-bye Columbus.
(b) Frank Sinatra's greatest hits.
(c) The announcer at Ron's last basketball game.
(d) The Yale Glee club.

3. Where does Neil finally find Brenda?
(a) Neil finds Brenda asleep on a couch in the lobby at four o'clock.
(b) He finds her asleep in his car.
(c) He finds her having an argument with her mother.
(d) He finds her under the table where the wedding cake was.

4. What does Mrs. Patimkin conclude about Neil's religious leaning?
(a) She decides he is probably an atheist.
(b) She decides he is a Reform Jew.
(c) She decides he is an idolator.
(d) That since Hudson Street Synagogue is Orthodox, Neil must be too.

5. Why do Neill and Brenda go to New York?
(a) Brenda is going to be fitted for a diaphragm.
(b) They go to get away from the confusion of the wedding plans.
(c) They goe to get Neil a tuxedo.
(d) They go to be alone together in the park.

6. Where does Neil wait for Brenda while she is at the doctor's office?
(a) In a deli.
(b) In Central Park.
(c) In Rockefeller Center.
(d) In Bergdorf Goodman store.

7. What has happened at Neil's job?
(a) He has become Reference Librarian.
(b) He has fallen into a dull routine.
(c) He has not gotten his promotion.
(d) He is in line to become head librarian.

8. Who does Neil miss seeing at the library?
(a) He misses seeing the lions that were removed.
(b) He misses the teenage girls.
(c) He never sees the African-American kid again.
(d) He misses seeing Ron.

9. Why does Brenda chase Julie upstairs?
(a) Julie tattles that Brenda is crying.
(b) Julie is making faces at her.
(c) Julie pinches Brenda.
(d) Julie is tape recording the argument.

10. What prevents them for seeing much of each other the next day?
(a) All of the activity surrounding the wedding.
(b) The sudden arrival of Harriet's cousins.
(c) The nervousness of their relationship after getting the diaphragm.
(d) Brenda and Harriet spending most of the day in the beauty salon.

11. What surprise does Brenda have in store for Neil?
(a) She has bought him a new trench coat.
(b) She is wearing a fake gold wedding ring, and they sign the hotel register as Mr. and Mrs. Neil Klugman.
(c) She asks him to marry her.
(d) She has brought along a sorority sister.

12. Where are all the other family members the morning Brenda is making breakfast for Neil?
(a) They have all gone shopping for wedding gifts.
(b) They are all sleeping in.
(c) Mr. Patimkin and Ron are at the business, Mrs. Patimkin is at the temple, and Julie is outside.
(d) The have gone to the polo field to watch Ron play.

13. How do Neil and Brenda pass the time at night until Ron finally goes to sleep?
(a) They play chess.
(b) They read in their individual rooms.
(c) They watch TV with Mr. Patimkin.
(d) They sit outside and watch for Ron's light to go out.

14. What does Neil think about the boy's not returning?
(a) He thinks the boy has probably developed other interests.
(b) He thinks the boy's friends teased him too much.
(c) He thinks the boy's family moved away.
(d) The kid is better off not carrying dreams of Tahiti in his head if he could not afford to fly there.

15. What does Brenda bring along the next time they go to the track?
(a) Towels so they can shower.
(b) A stop watch.
(c) A picnic basket.
(d) A bottle of Jack Daniels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aunt Gladys' question when Neil calls to tell her he will be gone another week?

2. After putting away their coats and suitcases in the hotel, what does Neil do?

3. What does Ron ask Neil if he would like to listen to?

4. When does Neil tell Brenda he loves her?

5. What did Brenda once say that Neil believes hinted at marriage?

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