1 What year does the story begin? 1923. 1944. 1953. 1967. 2 What is the author's name? Robert Roth. Philip Roth. Philip Rice. Robert Rice. 3 Which ethnic neighborhood sees the first polio case in New Jersey? Jewish. Pakistani. Italian. Chinese. 4 Where does the story begin? Manhattan. Brooklyn. Queens. Newark. 5 What is the name of the neighborhood in which the story takes place? Weequahic. Bensonhurst. Lower East Side. New Paltz. 6 What is the religion of most of the people in Weequahic? Muslim. Buddhist. Jewish. Catholic. 7 What is the disease that is resurfacing in Weequahic? Syphilis. Swine flu. AIDS. Polio. 8 Which is NOT a common symptom of polio? Nausea. Paralysis. Headache. Loss of smell. 9 Which president contracted polio? Teddy Roosevelt. Bill Clinton. William Taft. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 10 Newark is surrounded by ___ lakes. mountains. desert. wetlands. 11 Who is the novel's protagonist? Marcia Steinberg. Sheila Steinberg. Phyllis Steinberg. Bucky Cantor. 12 What is Bucky's birth name? Eugene. Asher. David. Frederick. 13 What is Bucky's job? Nurse. First grade teacher. Playground director. Football coach. 14 What is the name of Bucky's school? Newark High. Weequahic Middle. Weequahic High. Chancellor Avenue School. 15 Who raised Bucky? His father. His mother. His grandparents. His uncle. 16 What happened to Bucky's mother? She is imprisoned. She died. She disappeared. She left. 17 What happened to Bucky's father? He was imprisoned. He left. He was imprisoned, then he left. He died. 18 How did Bucky's mother die? Heart attack. Childbirth. Car accident. Cancer. 19 What is Bucky's grandfather's name? Eugene. Steve. Saul. Sam. 20 Bucky has bad __ feet. strength. knees. vision. 21 Why doesn't Bucky serve in the war? His vision is too poor. He is emotionally unfit. He is too short. He has diabetes. 22 Bucky is embarrassed about his __ older sister. younger brother. height. weight. 23 How many siblings does Bucky have? Zero. Two. Three. One. 24 Who comes to spit on the playground? Haitians. Italians. Russians. Dominicans. 25 Following the spitting incident, students begin to contract __. strep throat. herpes. polio. the flu.
