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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Pages 89 - 113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Swede's features described in Chapter 1?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Gentile.
(c) Dark.
(d) Brooding.

2. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) A pharmacist.
(b) A writer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

5. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Hugg her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Touch her breasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?

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

3. What is the narrator's name in the book?

4. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?

5. What kind of dance class does Merry take as a young girl?

(see the answer key)

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