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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport did the narrator play with Swede's younger brother?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Football.
(c) Ping pong.
(d) Baseball.

2. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
(a) Drive faster.
(b) Better education.
(c) Higher ideals.
(d) Sexual freedom.

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

4. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?
(a) Out of control.
(b) Damaged.
(c) In control.
(d) Happy.

5. In what state did Swede grow up?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

6. Where is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?
(a) Florida.
(b) Michigan.
(c) California.
(d) Tennessee.

7. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(d) A stuttering diary.

8. Where is the bombing done by the Weathermen with which Swede believes Merry to be involved?
(a) Portland.
(b) Soho.
(c) Newark.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

10. What is the name of the store Swede's father opened after the depression?
(a) Levov Leatherware.
(b) Newark Maid Leatherware.
(c) Newark Clothing Inc.
(d) The Car Store.

11. What kind of monks does Merry watch on television as a child?
(a) Korean.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Chinese.

12. Where does Merry meet political people and take on a secret life as a teenager?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

13. How does the narrator say Dawn feels toward Merry?
(a) She misses her.
(b) She pities her.
(c) She hates her.
(d) She loves her.

14. What does Rita say Swede has to do for her if he wants to see Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Give her money.
(b) Travel with her.
(c) Buy her a house.
(d) Have sex with her.

15. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Rage.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Street smarts.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?

2. What religion does Swede practice?

3. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?

4. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?

5. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?

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