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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork?
(a) His sister's house.
(b) At home.
(c) The Chinese restaurant.
(d) The Synogogue.

2. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Andrew Portnoy.
(b) Jack Portnoy.
(c) Alexander Portnoy.
(d) Augustine Portnoy.

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

4. Who does the narrator now work for in Chapter 4, Part 2?
(a) The Police Commissioner.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) The DA's office.
(d) The New York Bar Association.

5. Who tells the narrator, "They worship a Jew, do you know that?"
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Morty.

6. What kind of grades does the young narrator make?
(a) All Ds.
(b) All Fs.
(c) All As.
(d) All Cs.

7. What does the narrator say doesn't grow on trees in Chapter 4?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Inhibition.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

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

9. What does the narrator's mother tell him to give to his father in Chapter 4?
(a) A tie.
(b) A loan.
(c) A card.
(d) A kiss.

10. Where did the narrator eat a seafood dinner with his sister and her fiance in Chapter 4?
(a) Park Slope.
(b) Sheepshead Bay.
(c) Brooklyn Heights.
(d) Jersey City.

11. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Days with Mother.
(b) Adolescence.
(c) The Teenage Years.
(d) Whacking Off.

12. What do the narrator's parents complain about when they come visit him at his apartment?
(a) His job.
(b) His couch.
(c) His hair.
(d) His rug.

13. Who does the narrator describe as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met?"
(a) His wife.
(b) His first-grade teacher.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

14. What is the term used for a non-Jewish girl?
(a) Goyetta.
(b) Lynx.
(c) Shikse.
(d) Yidka.

15. What does the narrator's mother obsess over him catching?
(a) Gangrene.
(b) The flu.
(c) Polio.
(d) A cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boy who the narrator talks of having committed suicide?

2. How old is the narrator's previous girlfriend when they broke up?

3. What is the narrator's favorite winter meal?

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

5. What does the narrator say was a "mixup" in his house?

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