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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Sixty-two.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Sixty-five.

2. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?
(a) Changing her clothes.
(b) Taking a bath.
(c) Brushing her teeth.
(d) Washing her hair.

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

4. What does the narrator say Swede's love for would disgust Merry?
(a) Dawn.
(b) America.
(c) Judaism.
(d) His work.

5. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Monster daughter.
(b) Unsatisfiable wife.
(c) Unsatisfiable father.
(d) Mean son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nathan's friend Alan is the son of what?

2. What does Rita say should happen to Swede for what he pays the workers in other countries to work in his factories?

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

4. What is the name of the family that Merry says she stays with when visiting New York in Chapter 3?

5. What city does Dawn go to for her facelift?

(see the answer key)

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