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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator's father take him once a month when he was young?
(a) The butcher.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) The shvitz bath.
(d) The grocery store.

2. How many Christian children are in the high school where the narrator attends?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

3. What does the narrator eat which makes his mother weep in Chapter 2?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) French fries.
(c) Potato chips.
(d) Hot dogs.

4. Why does the narrator's father say his cousin Toby will never want for popularity?
(a) She plays piano.
(b) She paints.
(c) She is pretty.
(d) She knows shorthand.

5. Who does the narrator's father hold up as someone to emulate in life?
(a) Walter Winchell.
(b) William Rockefeller.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Billy Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork?

2. What does the narrator's mother do when he does something wrong?

3. What is the name of the girl whom the protagonist has his first sexual experience?

4. What kind of grades does the young narrator make?

5. What is the one topic the narrator says is the only thing to which his father can "sink his teeth?"

(see the answer key)

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