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

2. What food does Swede accidentally refer to as Merry's rather than Dawn's in Chapter 7?
(a) Onions.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Apples.

3. Where does Rita tell Swede that Merry is working in Chapter 5?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Boston.
(c) Newark.
(d) New Haven.

4. What word does Swede use to describe his father as a mix with antagonism?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Pain.
(c) Shame.
(d) Hatred.

5. What did Merry teach along with revolutionary ideas to Cuban refugees?
(a) English.
(b) History.
(c) Math.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Merry able to explain Jainism to Swede without doing?

2. What does Swede confront Sheila about in Chapter 9?

3. What does Swede know that Dawn must put on after the stain of Merry's bomb?

4. What does the narrator say that Bill always challenged in Dawn?

5. What is the name of Merry's speech therapist she stayed with after the bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Lou's feelings towards the Nixon administration described in the book?

2. What realization does Swede come to about Sheila in Chapter 9?

3. What is the nature of Lou's discussion regarding the downfall of Newark in Chapter 8?

4. How is Swede's time as a marine described in Chapter 5?

5. What does Swede realize regarding Merry's mental health in Chapter 5?

6. What does Lou say he is ashamed of Jerry for in Chapter 7?

7. How does Swede compare his life to Johnny Appleseed?

8. How does Dawn describe her home with Swede to her architect?

9. How does Marcia describe Dawn's beauty pageants?

10. How does Swede suggest that the Miss New Jersey pageant ruined Dawn?

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