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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Swede's last name in the book?
(a) Levov.
(b) Umanoff.
(c) Orcutt.
(d) Salzman.

2. What is the narrator's name in the book?
(a) Swede Levov.
(b) Nathan Zuckerman.
(c) Jerry Levov.
(d) Bill Orcutt.

3. What does the narrator say that the Jews that were familiar with hardship did not want to waste?
(a) Food.
(b) Opportunities.
(c) Money.
(d) Friendships.

4. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?
(a) Weequahic.
(b) Passaic.
(c) Bayonne.
(d) Winnipeg.

5. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?
(a) Shelly Salzman.
(b) Bill Orcutt.
(c) Marvin Lieb.
(d) Ira Posner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Swede's younger brother's name?

2. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?

3. What does the narrator meet with Swede to write about near the end of Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of Swede's father?

5. What kind of cancer did Nathan suffer from?

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