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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?
(a) Any surprises.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Faith.
(d) Closure.

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

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

4. What trait is given to Dawn when she is first described in Chapter 4?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Rude.
(c) Vain.
(d) Mean.

5. What did Swede's grandfather manufacture?
(a) Ladies' glove.
(b) Mufflers.
(c) Coats.
(d) Cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede explain everything about to Rita when they first meet?

2. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?

3. What nickname does Swede call the narrator as a young boy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Swede reads about bombs over five years after Rita's visit that remind him of Merry. How are they described?

2. Describe Nathan's interaction with his old girlfriend Joy at his class reunion.

3. What does one doctor say about Merry's stuttering in regard to her perfectionist family?

4. How does the narrator describe the lack of a generation gap in his neighborhood?

5. What does Nathan say his working from home saves him from when talking with Jerry at the class reunion?

6. How does the narrator describe Swede and Merry at a seaside cottage and their return from it?

7. What does Nathan decide he will do to complete his story on Swede in Chapter 3?

8. How does the narrator describe Swede's tribute to his father?

9. How are the adolescents in Nathan's neighborhood described in Chapter 2?

10. How does Rita taunt Swede sexually in Chapter 4?

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