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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lou do to Swede for hanging onto the factory in Newark?
(a) Criticizes him.
(b) Encourages him.
(c) Shames him.
(d) Helps him.

2. What does Swede wonder is connected with his preoccupations regarding Merry at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The kiss he gave Merry.
(b) His background.
(c) His job.
(d) Dawn.

3. What does the narrator say Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?
(a) Anything negative.
(b) Fear.
(c) Other people.
(d) Sadness.

4. Where did Swede's father open a second location of his store after the depression?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Manhattan.

5. Against what country did Swede join the marines for a final assault over in the book?
(a) North Vietnam.
(b) Japan.
(c) North Korea.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe the tribute to Swede's father was a cover to hide?

2. What is the first war Merry become militant about?

3. How long did Swede have an affair with Sheila Salzman?

4. Where does the narrator say Mendy now live as a restaurant owner?

5. Who was a great friend with Dawn's father before he passed away?

(see the answer key)

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