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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Rita's hair described in the book?
(a) Straight.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Stringy.
(d) Bushy.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's profession?

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

3. What about Merry is Swede more patient and accepting of than her mother is?

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

5. How many days before Nathan's class reunion did Swede die?

(see the answer key)

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