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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Swede realize Merry is in after he admits she has destroyed herself?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Denial.
(c) Deep depression.
(d) A world of hate.

2. Where does Swede realize Dawn and Bill will live at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) In Boston.
(b) In his new house.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In New York.

3. Whom does Swede decide to call at the end of Chapter 6 to talk about Merry?
(a) Lou.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Ira.
(d) Jerry.

4. What does Swede remember his mother's face not showing so much of in Chapter 7?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pain.

5. What does Swede decide about the person that calls him that causes him to hang up on that person in Chapter 9?
(a) That he's tired of it.
(b) That he's done trying.
(c) That she doesn't exist.
(d) That she has no power.

6. What is the name of a Jewish man who praises Swede and pressures him to join a local Jewish organization?
(a) Barry.
(b) Ira.
(c) Lou.
(d) Bucky.

7. What is the name of the architect building Dawn and Swede's new home?
(a) Bill Orcutt.
(b) Mendy Gurlik.
(c) Ira Posner.
(d) Shelly Salzman.

8. Who does Swede see having sex in the kitchen of his house at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Dawn and Barry.
(b) Bill and Marcia.
(c) Jim and Sylvia.
(d) Dawn and Bill.

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

10. Which of the following words was not used to describe Bill's wife?
(a) A drunk.
(b) Kind.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Messy.

11. How many times was Merry raped while moving around the country homeless?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

12. How far had Merry had been working from Swede's glove factory when Rita contacts him in Chapter 5?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.

13. What kind of business of Dawn's had Swede sold a year after Merry's disappearance?
(a) A deli.
(b) Clothing store.
(c) Jewelry store.
(d) Cattle ranch.

14. Who does Swede assume has already called the police about Merry in Chapter 9?
(a) Ira.
(b) Mendy.
(c) Bucky.
(d) Jerry.

15. Who calls Swede at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Joy.
(b) Rita.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Jessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede describe Dawn and Bill as at the end of Chapter 8?

2. What does Swede decide that Sheila is rather than omniscient?

3. What did the narrator keep on his bedroom wall to keep track of the war?

4. Who does the narrator say is the one who helped Merry become herself?

5. What is the family's name that first hid Merry after the bombing?

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