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