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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say is the one who helped Merry become herself?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Joy.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Dawn.

2. What does Rita say Swede has to do for her if he wants to see Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Buy her a house.
(b) Have sex with her.
(c) Give her money.
(d) Travel with her.

3. Whose widow came to see Swede and was kind and forgiving in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. Dwyer's.
(b) Dr. Conlon's.
(c) Dr. LaPlante's.
(d) Dr. Posner's.

4. Why are the Orcutts and other couples over at Swede's home in Chapter 7?
(a) For dinner.
(b) A Christmas party.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) A funeral.

5. What is Rita's last name in the book?
(a) Salzman.
(b) Dwyer.
(c) Cohen.
(d) Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the name of the person at the gas station that the narrator remembers the day the war ended?

2. Who does Swede see having sex in the kitchen of his house at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What does the narrator say Dawn did as a way to distance herself from the stigma of being a beauty queen?

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

5. What does Swede describe Dawn and Bill as at the end of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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