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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's mother say that Melvin Weiner gave himself colitis?
(a) Eating hamburgers.
(b) Eating chazerai.
(c) Eating pickles.
(d) Eating potato chips.

2. What is the narrator's mother's name?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Hannah.

3. What is the name of the narrator's father?
(a) Jack.
(b) George.
(c) Alex.
(d) William.

4. What is the principle ailment of the narrator's father?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Depression.
(c) Constipation.
(d) Diarrhea.

5. What is the name of the narrator's sister's husband?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Morty.
(d) Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Company President whose picture hangs in the protagonist's family's hallway?

2. Who does the narrator's father hold up as someone to emulate in life?

3. What does the narrator's mother give the cleaning lady for lunch?

4. What happened to the intellectual journals the protagonist sent to his father?

5. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"

(see the answer key)

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