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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. What effect does Mrs. Patimkin's nagging have on Brenda?
(a) She goes outside and screams.
(b) She ignores her mother completely.
(c) She starts crying.
(d) She starts singing at the top of her lungs.

2. What is Brenda's objection to getting what Neil suggests?
(a) She thinks he should take care of the protection.
(b) She cannot go to her doctor because he is a close friend of the family.
(c) She is sure she cannot get pregnant.
(d) She says a diaphragm would change their relationship.

3. As Ron gets into his reverie, what does Neil do?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He tiptoes out of the room and closes the door.
(c) He picks up a book to read.
(d) He thinks about Aunt gladys.

4. What is Brenda looking for in the room?
(a) Her high school yearbook.
(b) The keys to her father's safe.
(c) Three one hundred dollar bills her father hid there for her.
(d) Costumes for a masked ball.

5. Why does Neil feel lonely at the Patimkin house?
(a) No one will talk to him.
(b) Neil is beginning to feel out of his class.
(c) Brenda only sees him when he comes to her room at night.
(d) Brenda has gone with the family to pick up Harriet at the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Brenda make of Neil in the store room?

2. Why does Brenda chase Julie upstairs?

3. What is Mrs. Patimkin doing while she is in the kitchen with Carlotta and Neil?

4. Why can Neil not go to meet Brenda?

5. What does Neil do the day after the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed while Neil is at he house alone while the Patimkins go to the airport for Harriet?

2. What is Neil's mood the fall after Brenda returns to school?

3. What does Brenda show Neil behind a door in his room he thought was a closet?

4. What key event happens in Ron's room?

5. What is the result of Neil's prayer in St. Patrick's cathedral?

6. Describe the strange scene when Ron invites Neil into his room to hear his recording.

7. As Neil and Brenda talk, what changes in the way they describe their relationship?

8. What problem does Brenda admit to Neil?

9. What are Aunt Gladys' two main concerns when Neil calls to say his vacation is extended to Labor Day?

10. How does Neil get his hopes up only to be dashed again?

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