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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 the narrator use like it "grows in trees" according to his father?
(a) Money.
(b) Toilet paper.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Gasoline.

2. Who is the woman whom the narrator has a longer affair with than most?
(a) Anne Williams.
(b) Tiffany McMann.
(c) Mary Andrews.
(d) The Monkey.

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) Totally Crazy.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Cunt Crazy.
(d) Woman Crazy.

4. What does the narrator have a difficult time believing in?
(a) Lust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

5. Where is the narrator's uncle's store?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Newark.
(d) Jersey City.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What sport is the narrator obsessed with?

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

5. What does the narrator's mother obsess over him catching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the narrator's father's ambitions for him growing up?

2. What does Alex remark about his father's bowel movements in Chapter 4?

3. What does the narrator say he grew up to NOT be, at least, in Chapter 4? Why?

4. What is the one meaningful conversation the narrator speaks of having with his sister in Chapter 3?

5. Why does the young Alex believe he has cancer?

6. What story does the narrator tell about Ronald Nimkin?

7. How does the narrator feel about the laws of Judaism?

8. What story does Alex tell about his mother and lobster?

9. What do Alex and his parents argue about after their dinner in Chapter 4?

10. How did the narrator's father feel about his job? How did he express his feelings to his family?

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