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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?
(a) That everyone minded his own business.
(b) That the parents allowed the children to do as they wished.
(c) The close familiarity of the families.
(d) They all lived in a fine manner.

2. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?
(a) How much he misses it.
(b) How long ago it was.
(c) The depth of detail.
(d) How fond he is of the memories.

3. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?
(a) Vibrant.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Forward looking.
(d) Optimistic.

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

5. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Street smarts.
(c) Rage.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?

5. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?

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