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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merry become temporarily interested in as a child that is associated with her grandmother?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Presbyterianism.

2. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Sixty-two.
(d) Seventy.

3. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Unsatisfiable father.
(b) Monster daughter.
(c) Unsatisfiable wife.
(d) Mean son.

4. What does Dawn blame along with Swede for her poor condition after Merry's disappearance?
(a) The Miss New Jersey Pageant.
(b) Merry.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her brother.

5. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(c) Money.
(d) A stuttering diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?

2. Where does Rita first visit Swede in the book?

3. How many days before Nathan's class reunion did Swede die?

4. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?

5. What does Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?

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