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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 indicates that Brenda does not particularly like Harriet?
(a) Brenda calls her goody-goody Harriet.
(b) Brenda makes a face when she mentions Harriet's name.
(c) Brenda says her mother likes Harriet more than she does her.
(d) Brenda does not go to the airport to greet her.

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

3. How does Brenda reply to her mother's suggestion that she go to work?
(a) She has no job skills thanks to her mother's demands.
(b) Maybe she will work in McDonald's and tell everyone of Mrs. Patimkin's social friends.
(c) She tells her mother if she wants more income for the family, she shoud go to work herself.
(d) They could live off the income from their stocks alone.

4. How do Brenda and Neil begin to talk about their relationship?
(a) Out of fear.
(b) In the past tense.
(c) As a mismatch.
(d) As though it never happened.

5. In a letter, when does Brenda say she will be returning from school?
(a) For spring break.
(b) In a month after her exams.
(c) In two weeks to shop for winter clothes in New York.
(d) For Rosh Hashana which is a week away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Neil and Brenda go after breakfast?

2. Why does Neil feel lonely at the Patimkin house?

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

4. Where did Ron get the record he puts on the phonograph?

5. What complaint does Mr. Patimkin make to Neil?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Neil view family members on both sides of the bridal couple?

2. Why does Neil see Harriet as a perfect match for Ron?

3. What turns out to be the rush to get Ron married to Harriet?

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

5. How does Mrs. Patimkin again use Neil as sort of a servant?

6. What problem does Brenda admit to Neil?

7. How does Brenda suggest she make an athlete out of Neil?

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

9. What is the situation behind the argument over the diaphragm?

10. What is missing at the library now?

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