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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Merry meet political people and take on a secret life as a teenager?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.
2. Besides being self-absorbed, what other word is used to describe Swede's daughter in Chapter 3?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Mean.
(d) Fat.
3. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?
(a) Ira.
(b) Bill.
(c) Barry.
(d) Bucky.
4. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?
(a) Their debt.
(b) The plague.
(c) Death.
(d) The war.
5. Who is the recipient of a 14-year-old girl's kidney at Nathan's class reunion?
(a) Julius Pincus.
(b) Jerry Levov.
(c) Marvin Lieb.
(d) Jim Dwyer.
6. Where did Swede's father open a second location of his store after the depression?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Canada.
7. What does Rita say should happen to Swede for what he pays the workers in other countries to work in his factories?
(a) He should be jailed.
(b) He should be rewarded.
(c) He should be hanged.
(d) He should be shot.
8. How many years does Swede become preoccupied with "a gruesome inner life" concerning Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.
9. 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) Touch her breasts.
(d) Marry her.
10. How tall is Merry?
(a) Five feet five inches.
(b) Close to six feet.
(c) Just above five feet.
(d) Four feet nine inches.
11. What kind of dance class does Merry take as a young girl?
(a) Ballet.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Tap.
(d) Ballroom.
12. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.
13. What does Jerry tell Nathan that Swede fought to keep in Chapter 3?
(a) His family.
(b) His money.
(c) His sanity.
(d) His group together.
14. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
(a) Better education.
(b) Sexual freedom.
(c) Higher ideals.
(d) Drive faster.
15. In what state did Swede grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Jersey.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rita say Swede has to do for her if he wants to see Merry in Chapter 4?
2. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?
3. What does Swede's daughter do to the local post office and general store as a radical stunt?
4. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?
5. Nathan's friend Alan is the son of what?
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