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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Neil evaluate Mr. Patimkin's intelligence?
(a) He is just a shade above stupid.
(b) He is not too smart.
(c) He is a near genius.
(d) He is just average.

2. What antic does Neil perform at the pool?
(a) He swims thirty laps without stopping.
(b) He hides Brenda's glasses.
(c) Neil dives in and surfaces like a dolphin beside Brenda, sliding her legs on his.
(d) He does handstands on the diving board.

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

4. What do Neil and Brenda do as often as possible?
(a) Ride horses.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Make love.
(d) Play tennis.

5. While Neil and the boy are looking at the art book, what is Neil seeing?
(a) How the boy is really interested in art.
(b) That his job is dull.
(c) That discrimination is a bad thing.
(d) Brenda in a Gauguin setting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ron show off his athletic ability?

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

3. How has Mrs. Patimkin reinvented herself?

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

5. Where are the Patimkin's going while Neil babysits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate what happens when Neil finds a refrigerator in the other part of the basement.

2. Describe the young African-American boy Neil encounters in front of the library.

3. How does the reader get introduced to ten-year-old Julie Patimkin?

4. What is the image the reader gets of Ron as he joins Neil and Brenda at the pool?

5. Since they met that day at the Country Club, has Brenda forgotten the young man she asked to hold her glasses while she dived into the pool?

6. How does the reader know that Neil is restless and bored babysitting Julie?

7. What does Neil tell Brenda about his family?

8. Contrast Aunt Gladys and Mrs. Patimkin from the conversation Gladys and Neil have about the Patimkin house.

9. How has the relationship developed between Neil and Brenda?

10. What is a noticeable difference between dinner at the Patimkins' house and dinner in the Klugman house?

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