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