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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Swede's grandfather manufacture?
(a) Mufflers.
(b) Ladies' glove.
(c) Coats.
(d) Cars.

2. What is the name of Swede's father?
(a) Ira.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jim.
(d) Lou.

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

4. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Their productivity.
(c) Their values.
(d) Sexual freedom.

5. What religion does Swede practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Presbyterianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nathan's friend Alan is the son of what?

2. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?

3. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?

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

5. What kind of cancer did Nathan suffer from?

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