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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe the tribute to Swede's father was a cover to hide?
(a) His depression.
(b) His cancer.
(c) His missing his wife.
(d) The pain associated with his daughter.

2. What motto does Merry have written on her wall as a young woman?
(a) We will fight America to the last.
(b) We are the incubation of your mother's nightmares.
(c) Live free or die.
(d) Agile, Mobile, Hostile.

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

4. What is Swede's last name in the book?
(a) Umanoff.
(b) Salzman.
(c) Levov.
(d) Orcutt.

5. What is the family's name that first hid Merry after the bombing?
(a) Salzmans.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Zuckerman.
(d) Umanoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did Merry set off her second bomb?

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

3. What does Dawn blame along with Swede for her poor condition after Merry's disappearance?

4. What is the narrator's profession?

5. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?

(see the answer key)

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