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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 does Neil do the day after the wedding?
(a) He returns to his job at the library.
(b) At noon the day after the wedding, Neil drives Brenda to her train back to school.
(c) He stays in his room and wonders if he will lose Brenda.
(d) He slips out of the house and returns to Newark.

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

3. What is Mrs. Patimkin doing while she is in the kitchen with Carlotta and Neil?
(a) She is giving them orders for what to do today.
(b) She is making cake decorations.
(c) She is making lists of things to do.
(d) She is working on a Hadassah project.

4. What does Neil ask Mrs. Patimkin if she has read?
(a) He asks if she had read any of philosopher Martin Buber's work.
(b) He asks if she has read Origin of Species.
(c) He asks if she has read the latest Life Magazine.
(d) He asks if she has read Karl Marx.

5. Where do Neil and Brenda go after breakfast?
(a) They go to sporting goods store to buy Neil some sports outfits.
(b) They go run on the high school track.
(c) They go shopping for a wedding gift.
(d) They go fishing in a lake nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Neil sees Brenda after so long a separation?

2. What does Neil hear coming from Ron's room one night?

3. As Ron gets into his reverie, what does Neil do?

4. Where does Neil find Mr. Patimkin's business?

5. Three days before Ron's and Harriet's wedding, where do Neil and Brenda go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it like when Neil and Brenda finally meet up in New York?

2. What problem does Brenda admit to Neil?

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

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

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

6. What is the underlying reason Harriet and Brenda go shopping in New York?

7. What is making Mr. Patimkin sad about bringing Ron into the family business?

8. Why does Brenda get upset in the storage room?

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

10. What is odd about Neil's and Brenda's love making after she gets the diaphragm?

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