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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. Who is the renowned columnist whom the narrator speaks of having shaken his hand?
(a) Dr. Wilson Waterman.
(b) Dr. Andrew Rosenberg.
(c) Dr. Fred Woolverton.
(d) Dr. Frank Kingdon.

2. What irritates the narrator about the way the Monkey reads?
(a) She reads out loud.
(b) She is slow.
(c) She moves her lips.
(d) She reads fast.

3. What are the names of the "bad boys" with whom the narrator spends time in his youth?
(a) Heshie and Jason.
(b) Mendel and Smolka.
(c) Roger and Mendel.
(d) Kevin and Agnew.

4. Where is the Monkey from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What does the protagonist worry he will catch from Bubbles?
(a) The flu.
(b) Syphillis.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) Herpes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did the narrator have for his college girlfriend?

2. What does the narrator demand from Mandel at the end of Chapter 4?

3. Who had the Monkey previously married?

4. On what street did the narrator's college girl friend grow up?

5. Where was Kay from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator retell about the burlesque show in Chapter 4?

2. What does Alex say he sometimes fantasizes about in Chapter 6?

3. Where did Alex go on a trip with Kay? What does Alex say about his experience with Kay's family?

4. What is the title of Chapter 5? What does this refer to?

5. Who is the second shikse Alex speaks about being involved with in Chapter 5? How is she described?

6. What happened with Mandel and Bubbles? What does this prompt the narrator to need to know?

7. Who does Alex describe as the first of the shikses he had a relationship with? What attracted him to her?

8. Why did Alex and Kay almost marry? What caused him to end the relationship?

9. How does Alex describe the "Sunday morning ritual" in his neighborhood?

10. What, according to the narrator, are the worst sins he has committed in Chapter 4?

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