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American Pastoral Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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

2. What is Swede's younger brother's name?
(a) Jim.
(b) Bill.
(c) Ira.
(d) Jerry.

3. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Nine.

4. What is Swede's entire community in love with in regard to him?
(a) What he stands for.
(b) His athleticism.
(c) His manners.
(d) His confidence.

5. What year did Nathan graduate from high school?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Swede become preoccupied with "a gruesome inner life" concerning Merry in Chapter 4?

2. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?

3. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?

4. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?

5. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Nathan's conversation with Ira at the high school reunion?

2. How is Rita's first visit to the glove factory described?

3. How are Merry's physical attributes described as she grows up?

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

5. What does Jerry tell Nathan that his brother Swede had in spite of being a big success in Chapter 3?

6. What reason does Nathan give Jerry for coming to the reunion?

7. What does Rita tell Swede that Merry says about him and her mother?

8. What is the nature of Nathan's reminiscence about "The Kid from Tomkinsville"?

9. How does the narrator say Swede's grandfather became a glove manufacturer?

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

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